Alabaster flask, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot — Alabaster flask, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1600–1050 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5115.Open Access by the MET

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)

Classification

Object type: Stone vessel
Shape: Flask
Material: StoneCalcite (alabaster)
Period: Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date: 1600 - 1050 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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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.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.5115, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 1621
Hermary 2013, no. 511

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