Terracotta trick vase - image 1

Archaic I

Terracotta trick vase

The spout and neck are in the form of a woman's head. The "trick" in the vase consists of a hole in the underside of the foot. When the opening was unplugged, the contents of the vase would flow out. H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.568

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 930, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.