Bronze Age
Circular limestone incense burner
The incense burner is in the form of a spool or bobbin, the foot of which is slightly wider than the saucer. H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone vessel
- Shape
- probablySpecial and ritual vesselsThymiaterion
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Date
- 3900 BC - 100 AD
Accession No.
74.51.5148
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
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. LXVI.434, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1671, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 386, p. 281, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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