Bronze bowl

Bronze bowl

Description:

In the tondo, four wild goats in a stand of papyrus



The large bowl has a pair of handles and a rim ornamented with small knobs. The central, slightly recessed tondo is decorated with a rosette framed by a guilloche on which stand four wild goats. Behind them appears a stylized stand of papyrus. This is one of a group of chased metal bowls in which Egyptianizing motifs are particularly evident.


2in. (5.1cm) Other: 12 1/8in. (30.8cm)

Period:

Archaic I

Date:

699 - 600 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus, said to be from Kourion

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4560, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 536, pp. 202-3, New York: Gilliss Press.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. cat. 438, pp. 167-8, 376, pl. 44, 438, München: Beck.

Accession Number:

74.51.5616