The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta pilgrim flask

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

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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Terracotta pilgrim flask

Period:: Cypro-Archaic I–II
Date:: ca. late 8th–7th century B.C.
Culture:: Cypriot
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: H. 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:: 74.51.1259

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 174

Description

The pilgrim flask is the most characteristic shape of the Black Slip Grooved Ware that is influenced by Near Eastern prototypes. The vases are found mainly at Amathus.
References

Karageorghis, Vassos. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus. The Cesnola Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 132, pp. 82-83.
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What
Clay (23,630)

Vessels (21,925)

Vases (8,894)

Terracotta (8,373)

Flasks (666)
Where
Asia (68,122)

Cyprus (2,976)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,142)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,330)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Eastern Mediterranean, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
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