Late Bronze Age I
Miniature alabaster lentoid flask
The flask has a globular belly with two loop handles. Overall: 3 11/16 x 2 3/8 in. (9.4 x 6 cm)
Date
1605 - 1595 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5137
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- “From Amathus”
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXI.1, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1635, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 513, p. 385, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.