Archaic II
Silver bowl
Thirteen birds are engraved on the lip. Such engraved decoration is found on Persian metalwork and on East Greek silver of the sixth century B.C. H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) diameter 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Date
599 - 500 BC
Accession No.
74.51.4562
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4562, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Oliver, Andrew Jr. 1977. Silver for the Gods : 800 Years of Greek and Roman Silver. no. 1, p. 24, Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Museum of Art.Matthäus, Hartmut. 1985. Metallgefässe und Gefässuntersätze der Bronzezeit, der geometrischen und archaischen Periode auf Cypern: mit einem Anhang der bronzezeitlichen Schwertfunde auf Cypern, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Abteilung II Bd. 8. cat. 457, pp. 187, 376, pl. 48, 457, München: Beck.Pfrommer, Michael. 1987. Studien zu Alexandrinischer und Grossgriechischer Toreutik frühhellenistischer Zeit, Archäologische Forschungen 16. pp. 46, 53, 244, Berlin: Mann.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 300, pp. 183-4, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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