Early Bronze Age I
Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a bird
Vessel with incised decoration. H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Date
2500 - 1600 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1290
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Said to be from Alambra, Ayia Paraskevi, or Idalion
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. XCVI.825, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 46, 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. 20, p. 28, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.