Geometric III

Bronze handles and part of the rim of a cauldron

Such cauldrons as this and the example nearby (74.51.5673) have been found in tombs. It is not known if they served in life or were purely funerary. H. 12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm) diameter 16 in. (40.7 cm)

Date

850 - 750 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5674

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 534, p. 201, New York: Gilliss Press.Raubitschek, Isabelle K. 1978. "Cypriot Bronze Lampstands in the Cesnola Collection of the Stanford University Museum of Art." The Proceedings of the Xth International Congress of Classical Archaeology : Ankara-İzmir, 23-30/IX/1973. p. 699, pl. 215, 1, Ankara: Turk Tarih Kurumu Basimeri.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. 471, pp. 195, 376, München: Beck.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 272, p. 167, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.