Hellenistic
Terracotta jug
Oinochoe of yellowish clay and bands of polychrome ornament. The painted floral decoration continues the tradition of Cypriot pottery of the Classical period. 6 9/16in. (16.7cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Decoration techniques
- Painted, PaintedPainted in several colours
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 310 - 30 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
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. CXXXVI.993, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 952, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1953. Handbook of the Greek Collection. pp. 130, 270, pl. 110b, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.Vessberg, Olof and Alfred Wesholm. 1956. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Vol. 4, Pt. 3. p. 60, fig. 23:8, Stockholm: Håkan Ohlssons Boktryckeri.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.430, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 952
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