Geometric I
Terracotta amphora (jar)
The handles are in the form of a stylized goat's head. H. 8 1/2 in. (21.59 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Motif
- Goat, deer and ibex
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 1050 - 950 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 466, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.689, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 466
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