Hellenistic
Terracotta lagynos (pitcher)
On the shoulder is painted in Greek the word Ἔρως (Eros), here signifying a man's name, not the minor deity associated with Aphrodite. Painted decoration: on neck immediately below top of handle, a band of downturned triangles; on shoulder, wreath. H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Date
150 - 50 BC
Accession No.
74.51.386
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus, probably from the area of Larnaka (Kition)
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. CXLIII.1066, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 959, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Vessberg, Olof and Alfred Wesholm. 1956. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Vol. 4, Pt. 3. p. 65, fig. 28:10, Stockholm: Håkan Ohlssons Boktryckeri.Masson, Olivier. 1984. "Noms de femmes sur des Lagynoi Chypriotes." Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus for the year 1984 (RDAC), : p. 231.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 451, p. 279, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Yon, Marguerite. 2004. Kition-Bamboula V. Kition Dans Les Textes: Testimonia litteraires et epigraphiques et corpus des inscriptions., V. no.2067, p. 273, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.
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