Miniature chlorite bowl - image 1

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.