Limestone chest with incised decoration, Geometric III Cypriot

Geometric III

Limestone chest with incised decoration

Rectangular chest with elaborate geometric ornament. Overall: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (17.1 x 22.2 x 10.8 cm)

Classification

Object type: Box and container
Decoration: Incised
Motif: Metopes and panels
Material: StoneLimestone
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Golgoi
Date: 799 - 700 BC

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Accession No.

74.51.5165

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Necropolis of Golgoi

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. LXXIX.503, .506, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1663, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 411, p. 293, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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