Cypro-Archaic Terracotta Jug

CYPRUS, 7TH CENTURY B.C.

7 1/8 in. (365 grams, 18 cm).

Spherical body on a low ring foot, long tubular neck and wide rim, painted horizontal lines on the neck, and an applied round-section handle

Provenance

From the Swedish painter Lasse Johnson (1899-1992), acquired 1972.
Thereafter, offered by Maud Johnson-Vuilleumier to her cousin M.N.F.Pellation (1921-2005) in 1992; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, item no.74.51.945, for the type.

CONDITION

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