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Amphora-shaped vase

Cypriote
Bronze Age, Middle Cypriote II–III Period
about 1800–1600 B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic, White Painted IV Ware
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 0.163 H. 0.143 D.
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession Number72.78
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 130.
DescriptionTwo small handles. Light clay, decorated with triangles etc., in dull red brown lines.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)