Terracotta juglet

Terracotta juglet

Description:

The body of the jug is decorated with coiling snakes in relief.


H. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1600 - 1450 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 354, 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. 56, p. 41, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2002. Early Cyprus: Crossroads of the Mediterranean. pl. 73, Los Angeles, California: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Accession Number:

74.51.1171