Basalt tripod vessel or mortar

Basalt tripod vessel or mortar

Description:

The mortar has three quite tall legs.


H. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); Diam. 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm)

Period:

Bronze Age

Date:

2500 - 1050 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXIV.9, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1532, 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. 120, p. 75, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 609, p. 409, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5057