Basalt mortar

Basalt mortar

Description:

Shallow, large bowl on three tall legs.


H. 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm); Diam. 10 1/16 in. (25.6 cm)

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1600 - 700 BC

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.

Accession Number:

74.51.5048