Limestone handle of a patera or a fire shovel ending in a ram’s head
Description: | The part of the fire shovel connected to the handle by an element with three points is preserved. There are traces of burning in the inside of the shovel and red pigment on its upper edge. Overall: 2 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (6.4 × 10.8 × 23.5 cm) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 500 - 401 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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. XXVIII.100, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1689, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 415, p. 295, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5155 |