Jug with Woman Holding Oinochoe on Shoulder

4th century BCE (Cypro-Classical)

16.3 cm 37.3 cm

Citation

Cypriot potters are known for their creative vessel forms. Their products were sometimes complex, with multiple vessels combined into one object or a single vessel with multiple spouts, as is the case for this jug. The overall form consists of a ring-mouthed jug with a simple...

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Luigi Palma di Cesnola, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1874 and 1876, by purchase; Anderson Galleries, New York, Sale 2253, ""Cypriote and Classical Antiquities, Duplicates of the Cesnola and Other Collections, Part I,"" 31 March 1928, lot 509. Mrs. Samuel C. Lamport, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by gift of the estate of Mrs. Samuel C. Lamport.
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