Terracotta pithoid jar

ca. 1375–1325 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

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.

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Title: Terracotta pithoid jar
Period: Late Helladic IIIA2 early
Date: ca. 1375–1325 BCE
Culture: Mycenaean
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm.)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Object Number: 74.51.762
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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