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Ewer
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Ewer

Date800-700 BC
Object number2010.48
ProvenanceLuigi (Louis) Palma di Cesnola, American consul to Cyprus, 1860s; Cesnola collection to 1874-76; purchased by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1874-1876—1884; purchased by Leland Stanford, 1884—1894; collection of Stanford University Museum, Palo Alto, CA, 1894—probably 1953; purchased by Henry Gellert, Seattle, probably 1953—1959 (his death); to his widow, Georgia Gellert (Penfield), Seattle, 1959—2010 (her death)
Credit LineGift of Georgia Penfield
Dimensions6 1/2 x 4 in. (16.5 x 10.2 cm)
MediumBichrome ware (buff-colored ceramic with brown and red decoration)
Jar with painted geometric design
Anatolia
5th millennium B.C.
Object number: 68.164
Photo: Paul Macapia
Chinese
13th century
Object number: 36.6
Barrel flask
Cypriot
8th-7th century B.C.
Object number: 54.42
Cup with Wishbone Handle
Cypriot
1600-1450 B.C.
Object number: 55.23
Stemmed bowl
Cypriot
8th century B.C.
Object number: 55.25
Jug
Cypriot
8th-6th century B.C.
Object number: 55.27
Oil Jar:  Lekythos
Cypriot
700-500 B.C.
Object number: 70.124
Red Polished Ware Gourd jug
Cypriot
2100 - 1900 B.C.
Object number: 63.103
Bowl
Cypriot
ca. 1800 B.C.
Object number: 70.94
Amphora/Krater
Cypriot
600 B.C.-500 B.C.
Object number: 70.95
Polished Red Cup
Cypriot
19th century B.C.
Object number: 57.135
Jar, border of ibexes
Pre-Islamic
ca. 1000 B.C.
Object number: 61.36