Late Bronze Age III

Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a fish

The askos probably imitates a Mycenaean prototype of the late thirteenth century B.C. Traces of decoration in orange paint are preserved. H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm) length 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figure-vessel
Shape: Special and ritual vesselsAskos
Decoration: Painted
Motif: Fish
Material: Clay
Period: Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot III
Date: 1200 - 1175 BC

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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. XCV.812, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 389, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 73, pp. 52-53, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.788, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 389
Karageorghis 2000, no. 73

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Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a fish

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