Archaic II

Model of a chest

The model is handmade. The lid is missing. The rectangular chest stands on four low rectangular feet, two of which are missing; one foot is restored. The rim is flat. In the middle of one side of the chest is a vertically pierced knob, just below the rim. In the middle of the other side, a long trapezoidal area is marked off with grooves; at its top, a small ledge projects from the rim of the chest, below which the chest wall is partially pierced horizontally. H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1757

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2126, p. 348, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1966. The Furniture of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. p. 73, fig. 383, London: Phaidon Press.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1996. "The Cypro-archaic period monsters, animals and miscellanea." The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 6. no. X.c.1, p. 82, pl. XLVI.9, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 259, p. 150, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Model of a chest

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