Terracotta askos (vessel) with bull protome, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot complex vessel

Late Bronze Age II

Terracotta askos (vessel) with bull protome

Fantastic vase, with open neck and bull's head connected by handle, white binding-pattern. H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

Date

1450 - 1200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.786

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 323, 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. 64, p. 43, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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