Terracotta bottle

Terracotta bottle

Description:

This shape of bottle was invented on Cyprus.


H. 7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm)

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1200 - 1050 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 407, 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. 75, p. 54, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1051