Late Bronze Age II

Miniature chlorite bowl

One handle, decorated with basket pattern. The bowl has a small, horizontal lug. On the exterior is a decoration of hatched triangles and there are diagonal lines inscribed on the inside lip. H.: 3/4in. (1.9cm) Diam.: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)

Date

1600 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5026

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1539, 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. 124, pp. 74-75, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 571, p. 400, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.