
Geometric III
Terracotta flask with ring-shaped body
Annular body, a vertical row of concentric circles on front. H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Concentric circles
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Date
- 850 - 600 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 824, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.651, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 824
Corrections and additions
Do you know this object?
We are always looking for more of an object's history: who owned it, where it was sold or shown, and where it was published.
We would like to hear about
- Earlier owners, sales or exhibitions
- Publications that illustrate or mention it
- Where it is now, if it has moved
- Better photographs, or a close parallel
- A mistake in what we say about it
Messages are read by us alone and kept confidential, unless the law requires otherwise. Tell us if you would like to be thanked by name on the page.
Similar pieces
Black on Red ware Ring JugPierides Museum, Larnaca
Pottery vesselSalamis
Clay thymiaterionSalamis
Red Figured guttus with satyr and pantherMedelhavsmuseet (Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities)
Black-on-Red Ring-flaskBritish Museum
Ring-kernosMetropolitan Museum of Art
Bichrome Red pottery vesselSwedish Cyprus Expedition
Clay miniature vesselSalamis
Four vessels, Pottery Black Glazed WareSwedish Cyprus Expedition
Pottery vesselSwedish Cyprus Expedition
Stroke Polished I bird-shaped askosPolis-Kaparka, SCE Tomb 42
Bichrome III pottery vesselLapithos-Kastros, SCE Tomb 410
Terracotta vase in the shape of a hornMetropolitan Museum of Art
Clay miniature vesselSalamis
Pottery vesselSalamis
Pottery vesselSalamis
Vounous: reconstructed twin vase with idol-shaped handles (tomb 71)Bellapais-Vounous, Louvre Tomb 71
Pottery vesselBellapais-Vounous, Louvre Tomb 56