Archaic
Amphora
Bands, concentric circles, and a row of white dots at base of neck. 12in. (30.5cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 480 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 851, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.695, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 851
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