Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a fish
Description: | 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) |
Period: | Late Bronze Age III |
Date: | 1200 - 1175 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. 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. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.788 |