Amphora
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriote
MediumClay
ClassificationCeramics
Provenancecollected by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865-1876) from Cyprus; purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; sale, The Anderson Galleries, New York, March 30-31, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.154
A storage amphora could be used to hold oil, olives, or wine. As in mainland Greece, a Geometric style of decoration developed on Cyprus-vestiges of which remained when the Orientalizing style was beginning elsewhere in the Greek world. This amphora is white with vertical and horizontal stripes and lozenges with cross-hatching, all common motifs in Geometric painting. Areas of solid white or black can also been seen, again common to the Geometric style.
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