Archaic I

Bronze cauldron

Round-bottomed cauldrons of this type would have required a tripod if used in life. They have been found in tombs containing cremated remains. The shape may have been introduced from Greece, where it is attested in the ninth and eighth centuries B.C. 10 1/4in. (26cm) Other (approx. diameter of mouth): 9 1/16in. (23cm)

Date

699 - 600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5636

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4949, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 626, pp. 225, 227, New York: Gilliss Press.Raubitschek, Isabelle K. 1978. "Cypriot Bronze Lampstands in the Cesnola Collection of the Stanford University Museum of Art." The Proceedings of the Xth International Congress of Classical Archaeology : Ankara-İzmir, 23-30/IX/1973. p. 699, pl. 215, 1, Ankara: Turk Tarih Kurumu Basimeri.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. no. 490, pp. 202, 376, München: Beck.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 276, pp. 170-1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.