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Terracotta pithoid jar

Unknown Artist

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 16.4 cm

74.51.762

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