Fragment of a silver bowl

Fragment of a silver bowl

Description:

The exceptionally fine decoration shows a winged figure of Assyrian type with a lion at his feet and another in his outstretched hand.


1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1/16 in. (4.4 × 3.7 × 0.2 cm)

Period:

Archaic I

Date:

699 - 600 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4559, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.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. cat. 441, pp. 168, 376, pl. 43, 441, München: Beck.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1999. "A Cypriot Silver Bowl Reconsidered: I The Iconography of the Decoration." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 34: p. 15.Hendrix, Elizabeth. 1999. "A Cypriot Silver Bowl Reconsidered: II. The Technique and Physical History of the Bowl." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 34: pp. 27-29, figs. 11, 14.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1999. "A Cypriot Silver Bowl Reconsidered: I. The Iconography of the Decoration." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 34: pp.13, 28-29, figs. 11, 15.

Accession Number:

74.51.4559