Archaic I
Terracotta jug
Horizontal and vertical circles; strainer in mouth. Cypriot strainer vases probably were influenced by Phoenician examples. They may have been used to strain herb-infused liquids, thus leaving the herbs in the jug. H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- JugStrainer jug
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Concentric circles
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Accession No.
74.51.607
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 818, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 145, p. 92, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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