Middle Bronze Age II
Terracotta juglet
Lime, used to fill the grooved decoration, enhances the contrast between the surface of the vessel and the linear decoration. H. 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm)
Date
1900 - 1725 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1240
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
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. XCVII.832, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 134, 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. 31, p. 31, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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