Ivory disk with rosette

Ivory disk with rosette

Description:

Ivory was imported to Cyprus from the Near East or Egypt. The rosette was a popular decorative motif originally inspired by designs on Syrian and Phoenician minor arts and textiles.


Diameter 2 in. (5.1 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. 5909, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5220