Alabaster pointed alabastron

Alabaster pointed alabastron

Description:

The vase has no neck and could not have stood unsupported.


H. 5 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (13.7 x 5.7 cm)

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1600 - 1050 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1623, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 510, pp. 384-85, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5098