Miniature alabaster pithoid jar, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot — Miniature alabaster pithoid jar, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1400–1050 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5123.Open Access by the MET

Late Bronze Age III

Miniature alabaster pithoid jar

Cypriot craftsmen of the Late Bronze Age often combined different influences into their own creations. The shape of this stone vase is purely Mycenaean Greek, but the use of alabaster likely reflects Egyptian influence. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 3 7/8 in., 0.5 lb., 3 1/2 in. (9.8 cm, 0.2 kg, 8.9 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone vessel
Shape: Jar
Material: StoneCalcite (alabaster)
Period: Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date: 1400 - 1050 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. XVIII, London: John Murray.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1630, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 520, p. 387, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.5123, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 1630
Hermary 2013, no. 520

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