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Cypriote
Bronze Age, Late Cypriote IIIB Period
about 1150–1050 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Proto-White Painted Ware
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. .135 D. .097 m.
Credit Line
Sarah Elizabeth Simpson Fund
Accession Number16.192
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 145.
DescriptionPale red clay with thin buff slip. Flattened spherical body; slender neck with flaring lip; round handle from upper part of body to middle of neck; low foot. Decoration in dull brown; horizontal bands on lip, at base of neck, around largest diameter, and on foot; on upper part of body, latticed triangles, on lower part, vertical lines.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Cesnola Collection; by date unknown: Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection; purchased by MFA from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (duplicate from Cesnola Collection), 1916, for $ 51.88 (this is the total price of MFA 16.166-16.193)