Late Bronze Age III
Chlorite lid of a vase
With incised concentric circles; this is the lid for an amphoriskos (74.51.5023a). Other: 1 7/8in. (4.7cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Box and container
- Shape
- Lid
- Decoration
- Incised
- Motif
- Concentric circles
- Material
- Stone
- Date
- 1200 - 1100 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
74.51.5023b
Collection
Provenance
- From 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. CXV, 5, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1541, 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. 117, pp. 72-73, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 574, Myres 1541 (lid) and 1543 (vessel), Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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