Late Bronze Age III

Miniature alabaster pithoid jar

Cypriot craftsmen of the Late Bronze Age often combined different influences into their own creations. The shape of this stone vase is purely Mycenaean Greek, but the use of alabaster likely reflects Egyptian influence. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 3 7/8 in., 0.5 lb., 3 1/2 in. (9.8 cm, 0.2 kg, 8.9 cm)

Date

1400 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5123

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. XVIII, London: John Murray.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1630, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 520, p. 387, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.