Archaic I
Terracotta jug
The astonishing figure shows a compact body with small hooves, one of a pair of wings, and a human face. The iconographical source is Near Eastern, possibly one of the human-headed composite creatures that figure prominently on readily portable seals. During the period of Assyrian control of Cyprus (ca. 707–612 B.C.) such influence are particularly likely. H. 7 15/16 in. (20.2 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figure-vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Motif
- Sphinx and griffin
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
Collection
Provenance
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 753, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 2, p. 21, fig. 2. Paul Aströms Förlag.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 151, p. 94, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.512, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 753
- Karageorghis 2000, no. 151
Photographs in the Archive
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- Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3672. Public domain (CC0).
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