Late Bronze Age II
Ivory disk with rosette
Ivory was imported to Cyprus from the Near East or Egypt. The rosette was a popular decorative motif originally inspired by designs on Syrian and Phoenician minor arts and textiles. Diameter 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Date
1600 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5216
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 5905, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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