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Model of a chest, Archaic II Cypriot
Model of a chest, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–480 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1757.Open Access by the MET

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)

Classification

Object type
Model
Material
Clay
Period
Iron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date
600 - 480 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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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.

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.1757, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 2126
  • Karageorghis 2016, no. 259

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