Limestone strainer - image 1

Bronze Age

Limestone strainer

The strainer consists of a small bowl perforated with holes. H.: 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

Date

3900 BC - 100 AD

Accession No.

74.51.5152

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1700, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 568, p. 400, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.