Classical

Terracotta jug

In the Cypro-Archaic II period (600-480 B.C.) Cypriot potters began to create large jugs with, on the shoulder, female figurines holding miniature jugs. The miniature jug served as a spout. The type of vase developed in the region on Marion, where many imported Greek vases have been found. The new type of pottery may have been created in order to compete with the imports. 10 15/16in. (27.8cm)

Date

475 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.563

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 937, 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. 168, pp. 104-5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2000. "The New Cypriot Galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Minerva, 11(3): p. 23, fig. 22.