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Beaked oinochoe
Cypriote
Bronze Age, Middle Cypriote II-III Period
about 1800–1600 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, White Painted IV Ware
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. 0.172 m.
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number58.1283
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionWhite ware. Beaked oinochoe. Globular body, very long spout closed at end to form tube; one large handle and two small ears. White slip. Dull black to red-brown glaze, in elaborate pattern of zigzags, hatched triangles, circles and straight lines.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Horace L. Mayer Collection; November 13, 1958: loaned to MFA by Horace L. Mayer (as 106.58); gift of Horace L. Mayer to MFA, December 11, 1958