Middle Bronze Age II

Terracotta bowl

Lime, used to fill the grooved decoration, enhances the contrast between the surface of the vessel and the linear decoration. H. 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm) diameter 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)

Date

1900 - 1725 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1248

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from Alambra or Ayia Paraskevi

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. XCVII.828, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 131, 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. 29, p. 31, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.