Terracotta bottle, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot — Terracotta bottle, Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1900–1725 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1234.Open Access by the MET

Middle Bronze Age II

Terracotta bottle

Lime, used to fill the grooved decoration, enhances the contrast between the surface of the vessel and the linear decoration. H. 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Shape: Bottle
Decoration: IncisedIncised and white-filled
Material: Clay
Period: Bronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 1900 - 1725 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Alambra

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Accession No.

74.51.1234

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from Alambra or Ayia Paraskevi

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. XCVII.830, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 135, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 30, p. 31, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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