Late Bronze Age III

Terracotta krater

The shape and decoration of this krater are derived from Aegean models of the Mycenaean IIIC:1b period. Manufacture in Cyprus of this type of pottery may be associated with the settlement of Achaeans from the Aegean at this time. The two zones between the handles were painted over in black, which gives the false impression of bichrome decoration. H. 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm) diameter 12 1/16 in. (30.7 cm)

Date

1150 - 1100 BC

Accession No.

74.51.429

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from Idalion

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. CXXIV.936, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 435, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1953. Handbook of the Greek Collection. pp. 14, 164, pl. 4e, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 72, pp. 52-53, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.