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Alabaster flask, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot
Alabaster flask, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1600–1050 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5083.Open Access by the MET

Late Bronze Age II

Alabaster flask

The vase has thick walls and a flat base, without lugs, a wide neck, and a convex lip. Overall: 5 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (14 cm)

Classification

Object type
Stone vessel
Shape
Flask
Material
StoneCalcite (alabaster)
Period
Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1600 - 1050 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.5083

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1627, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 509, pp. 384-85, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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