Alabaster jug
Description: | Similar vases have been found in Egypt and the Levant. The shape imitates Mycenaean forms. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 5 1/2 in., 0.5 lb. (14 cm, 0.2 kg) |
Period: | Late Bronze Age II |
Date: | 1450 - 1200 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | “From Amathus” |
References: | Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXIII.9, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1622, 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. 114, p. 72, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 515, P. 386, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5085 |