Circular limestone incense burner - image 1

Bronze Age

Circular limestone incense burner

The incense burner is in the form of a spool or bobbin, the foot of which is slightly wider than the saucer. H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)

Date

3900 BC - 100 AD

Accession No.

74.51.5148

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

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. LXVI.434, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1671, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 386, p. 281, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.