Terracotta askos (vessel), Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot — Terracotta askos (vessel), Middle Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1900–1600 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.793.Open Access by the MET

Middle Bronze Age II

Terracotta askos (vessel)

Three feet, spout, loop-handle, and lattice-bands of black and red. H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Shape: Special and ritual vesselsAskos
Decoration techniques: Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
Motif: Lattice and checkerboard
Material: Clay
Period: Bronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date: 1900 - 1600 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. 220, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.793, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 220

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