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Anthropomorphic form, Archaic I Cypriot anthropomorphic vessel
Anthropomorphic form, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 650–600 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, V 1111.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Archaic I

Anthropomorphic form

Anthropomorphic shape of egg -shaped body, short neck in the shape of a female face, four horizontal burrs along the upper part, flat, bent edge.Zwillingsenkel from edge to shoulder, conical, exhibited foot.Compared to the handle on the shoulder, an output in the form of a miniature can, the front of which is missing.Two human arms protrude from the base of the neck.This jug belongs to a very characteristic group of cyprical ceramics.From a medium -cyprical period, the potter were inclined to present their ceramic creations as human beings and to give them faces, arms, breasts, etc.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 (V. Karageghis) H. 29 cm, Dm. 16,2 cm

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figure-vessel
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsAnthropomorphic vessel
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
650 - 600 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

Vienna Museum

Provenance

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, Konsul, Larnaka;1869 purchase

Identifiers

Accession no.
Antikensammlung, V 1111, Vienna Museum

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