VesselsCypriot

Two-Handled Vase

Description

White with faded black decoration. Two handles, flat lip with chip. Spherical body with wide neck and handles that extend from the lip to the shoulder. Concentric circles on body between the base of the handles. Bands below circles. Base reads "Cyprus 1874."

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Cypriot

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

8 x 7.4 cm (3 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).