Bronze phiale (libation bowl)
Description: | This type of phiale, with a hemispherical bowl, prominent omphalos (navel), and articulated lip, is extremely rare. 1 15/16in. (4.9cm) Other: 4 7/16in. (11.3cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 625 - 575 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
References: | Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4930, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 585, p. 215, New York: Gilliss Press.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. 402, pp. 146, 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. 275, p. 169, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5597 |