Alabaster flask - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Alabaster flask

The flask, with in-curving sides, has no handle. The long neck narrows at the top and there is a ring in low relief below the partly broken mouth. H. 7 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (20 x 9.8 cm)

Date

1600 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5115

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1621, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 511, pp. 384-85, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.