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Cypriote
Bronze Age, Late Cypriote III Period
about 1150–1050 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Proto-White Painted Ware
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. .18 D. .13
Credit Line
Sarah Elizabeth Simpson Fund
Accession Number16.191
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 144.
DescriptionPale greenish clay. Body nearly spherical; small neck with flaring lip; horitzontally attached loop handles on opposite sides near the middle; small foot. Decoration painted in thin brown; solid color on the neck; a band of chevrons above horizontal line on upper part of body; two wavy lines between handles, on which are bars; below, two lines; then solid color at the bottom.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Cesnola Collection; by date unknown: Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection; purchased by MFA from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 1916, for $ 51.88 (this is the total price of MFA 16.166-16.193)