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Miniature alabaster press, Bronze Age Cypriot spouted bowl
Miniature alabaster press, Bronze Age Cypriot, c. 3900 BC–100 AD. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5140.Open Access by the MET

Bronze Age

Miniature alabaster press

The small deep bowl has two lugs, one of which is broken, and a pouring spout with a hole to the interior. Overall: 1 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (3.5 × 7 × 9.2 cm)

Classification

Object type
Stone vessel
Shape
BowlSpouted bowl
Material
StoneCalcite (alabaster)
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Date
3900 BC - 100 AD

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Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1641, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 625, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.5140, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 1641
  • Hermary 2013, no. 625

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