Archaic I
Silver-gilt bowl
The decoration of this bowl consists entirely of animals. In the tondo, there is a bull; in the inner frieze, seven grazing horses. The outer frieze shows cows and calves, mares and foals, and a horse, separated by papyrus. The bowl is distinguished not only by its iconography but also by the stippled quality of much of the chasing. H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) diameter 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
Date
710 - 675 BC
Accession No.
74.51.4553
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4553, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Matthäus, Hartmut. 1985. Metallgefässe und Gefässuntersätze der Bronzezeit, der geometrischen und archaischen Periode auf Cypern: mit einem Anhang der bronzezeitlichen Schwertfunde auf Cypern, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Abteilung II Bd. 8. cat. 433, pp. 166, 376, pl. 40, 433, München: Beck.Masson, Olivier and Antoine Hermary. 1990. "Deux vases inscrits du Sanctuaire d'Aphrodite à Amathonte (1865-1987)." Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 114(1): p. 199, fig. 16.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 297, pp. 180-1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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