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Exhibition hall
Cypriot jug with figure on horse
Cypriot jug with figures, birds and lotus flowers
Cypriot jug with figures, birds and lotus flowers
Cypriot jug with birds, winged deer and lotus flowers
Cypriot jug with birds, winged deer and lotus flowers
Cypriot jug with depiction of a Phoenician ship
Exhibition hall
Cypriot jug with figure on horse
Cypriot jug with figures, birds and lotus flowers
Cypriot jug with figures, birds and lotus flowers
Cypriot jug with birds, winged deer and lotus flowers
Cypriot jug with birds, winged deer and lotus flowers
Cypriot jug with depiction of a Phoenician ship

Exhibition hall

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Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum

Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum

Piazza Olivella - Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas, Palermo

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These four jugs decorated with black and sometimes also red paint, on a neutral clay background, were produced between 750 and 600 BC, a period in which Cyprus had intense contact with the surrounding regions, from Egypt to Mesopotamia, from Greece to the Levantine coast.


Cypriot ceramics is distinguished by its rich repertoire of abstract and figurative compositions and imaginative and exuberant style.


The vases exhibited here were intended for public ceremonies, funerary rituals or to be offered in sanctuaries.
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Author: Anonymous

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Displayed in: Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum

In the Exhibition: Museum Exchange, Metropolitan Museum di New York

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