The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Amphoriskos

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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

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Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Amphoriskos

Period:: Cypro-Geometric III
Date:: 850–750 B.C.
Culture:: Cypriot
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:: 74.51.624

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