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)
Date
1900 - 1725 BC
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.