Archaic I
Terracotta jug
The jug is decorated with a Black African wearing a tunic and carrying two spears. H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Human figure
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Accession No.
74.51.532
Collection
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. CXXIX.962, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 762, 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. 150, p. 94, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2006. Aspects of Everyday Life in Cyprus: Iconographic Representations. no. 191, p. 197, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.
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