Bell

Bell

Description:

The bell is wheel-made and hollow. It is narrow in shape, flaring at the bottom. The knob is either in the form of a pomegranate or a flower bud with closed petals.


H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); diameter 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 480 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 743, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 267, p. 154, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1267