Terracotta pithoid jar
Pear-shaped jar with three handles and a band of spirals on the shoulder. This type of vase is among the earliest to be imported to Cyprus from Mycenaean Greece.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Ca. 1375–1325 B.C.
Terracotta
16.4 x 16.4cm
74.51.762
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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