Terracotta bottle
Description: | 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) |
Period: | Middle Bronze Age II |
Date: | 1900 - 1725 BC |
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. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1234 |