Terracotta askos (vessel) with bull protome - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Terracotta askos (vessel) with bull protome

Fantastic vase, with open neck and bull's head connected by handle, white binding-pattern. H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

Date

1450 - 1200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.786

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 323, 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. 64, p. 43, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.