Geometric III
Terracotta jar
Cypriot pottery is well formed and well fired. As this example demonstrates, the decoration capitalizes on the clean lines of the shapes and makes greater use of color than contemporary Greek fabrics. Such jars are found exclusively in tombs. H. 15 7/16 in. (39.2 cm)
Date
850 - 750 BC
Accession No.
74.51.476
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 629, 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. 131, pp. 82-83, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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