Ivory disk with a rosette - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Ivory disk with a rosette

Ivory was imported to Cyprus from the Near East or Egypt. The rosette was a popular decorative motif originally inspired by designs on Syrian and Phoenician minor arts and textiles. Diameter 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)

Date

1600 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5212

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 5904, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.