
Archaic II
Shallow bronze bowl
Attached around the lip are solid-cast spools. Since they are not perforated, their function seems to have been primarily decorative. 2in. (5.1cm) Other: 10in. (25.4cm)
Date
699 - 500 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5615
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4916, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 537, p. 203, New York: Gilliss Press.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. no. 372, pp. 134, 376, München: Beck.
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