Archaic I
Terracotta jug
Fish, swastika, and zigzag decorate this jug. H. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motifs
- Fish, Swastika, Zigzags and chevrons
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Accession No.
74.51.534
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. CXXIX.965, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 760, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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