Archaic I

Terracotta amphora (jar)

The decoration of the neck and shoulder admirably combines geometric and floral motifs, specifically variants of the lotus bud and flower. Such vases are found empty in tombs especially in the eastern part of Cyprus. H. 31 5/8 in. (80.3 cm)

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.972

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. CXII.885, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 696, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1936[1934]. A Guide to the Collections, Part 1: Ancient and Oriental Art, 2nd edn. 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. 143, pp. 90-91, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2000. "The New Cypriot Galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Minerva, 11(3): fig. 20, p. 22-23.