White Painted storage jar (amphora) with scenes of birds and a palm
Date800-650 BCE
Periodearly Archaic
CultureCypriot
MediumCeramic (wheelmade) with black paint
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874-1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), April 20, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.168
On View
Not on viewHeight: 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
Diameter (body): 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
Wall
Thickness (at break at neck): 5/16 in. (0.81 cm)
Rim
Diameter (exterior): 9 3/16 in. (25 cm)
Diameter (interior): 7 7/8 in (20 cm)
Handle
Width: 1 5/8 in. (4.06 cm)
Thickness: 3/4 in. (1.97 cm)
Neck
Diameter: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
Base
Diameter: 5 11/16 in. (14.49 cm)
Decoration zone
Height (birds on shoulder): 3 15/16 in. (10.08 cm)
Birds
Width (birds on damaged side): 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Width (birds on better preserved side): 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 10YR 7/3 (very pale brown) to 10YR 6/3 (pale brown) and 5YR7/3 (pink); core 2.5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown)
Paint: 2.5 N/ (black) to 10R 2.5/1 (reddish black)
Inclusions
many sand
900-800 BCE
1100-1000 BCE
650-475 BCE
1050–900 BCE