Tin-bronze scepter head - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Tin-bronze scepter head

The scepter head is topped by three mold-made bull's heads. Bull's heads are common in the art of Late Bronze Age Cyprus. The eyes are inlaid with glass that is not original. On the forehead of each bull is a crescent-shaped inlay; two are carnelian and one is green glass paste. Another tubular piece of the scepter, now missing, was originally above the three bull's heads. H. 5 13/16 in. (14.7 cm)

Date

1450 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5696

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Said to be from the Kourion Treasure

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4771, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1814, p. 458, New York: Gilliss Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 86, pp. 56-57, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.