Terracotta bowl - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Terracotta bowl

Horned handle and sinuous band in relief ending in snakes' heads. H. 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm) diameter 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)

Date

1600 - 1450 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1255

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 363, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 55, p. 41, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2002. Early Cyprus: Crossroads of the Mediterranean. pl. 73, Los Angeles, California: J. Paul Getty Museum.