Limestone bowl, Bronze Age Cypriot
Limestone bowl, Bronze Age Cypriot, c. 3900 BC–100 AD. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5177.Open Access by the MET

Bronze Age

Limestone bowl

The bowl has a flat base. H.1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)

Classification

Object type
Stone vessel
Shape
Bowl
Material
StoneLimestone
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Date
3900 BC - 100 AD

Browse the catalogue by ware, shape, period and more →

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1697, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 569, p. 400, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.5177, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 1697
  • Hermary 2013, no. 569

Corrections and additions

Do you know this object?

We are always looking for more of an object's history: who owned it, where it was sold or shown, and where it was published.

We would like to hear about

  • Earlier owners, sales or exhibitions
  • Publications that illustrate or mention it
  • Where it is now, if it has moved
  • Better photographs, or a close parallel
  • A mistake in what we say about it

Messages are read by us alone and kept confidential, unless the law requires otherwise. Tell us if you would like to be thanked by name on the page.

Similar pieces