Late Bronze Age III
Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a lion
Animal-shaped vase in the form of a lion with a spout and handle. H. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm); length 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm)
Date
1200 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.818a
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. XCV.819, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 524, p. 69, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.