Chlorite mortar or plate - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Chlorite mortar or plate

The plate or mortar has a ring foot and the rim curves up. Overall: H. 1 1/16 x D. 6 3/8 in. (2.7 x 16.2 cm)

Date

1600 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5042

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1525, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 617, p. 411, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.