Late Bronze Age III
Faience flask
Faience was first imported to Cyprus from Egypt in the Late Bronze Age. Faience vases were also made locally in a style that reflected Egyptian, Levantine, and Aegean influence. The shape of this flask is Aegean, and the bull motif is similar to Egyptian representations. Most of the original painted decoration has worn off. H. 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Faience object
- Shape
- Flask
- Motif
- Bull and cattle
- Material
- Glass and faienceFaience
- Date
- 1250 - 1150 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Collection
Provenance
- Said to have been found in a tomb near Dali (Idalion), Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CIX, 1, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1570, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Foster, Karen Polinger. 1979. Aegean Faience of the Bronze Age. p. 52, n. 339, New Haven: Yale University Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 98, pp. 62-63, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5073, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1570
- Karageorghis 2000, no. 98
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