Basalt mortar - image 1

Late Bronze Age II

Basalt mortar

Shallow, large bowl on three tall legs. H. 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm); Diam. 10 1/16 in. (25.6 cm)

Date

1600 - 700 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5048

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1531, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 607, p. 408, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.