Geometric III
Bronze bowl
The repoussé and incised decoration represents a cult scene. A procession of dancers and three musicians approaches an enthroned goddess holding a large flower. The two offering tables before her bear a large bowl of fruit and containers for liquid offerings. A priestess stands between the tables. H. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm) diameter 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Metal vessel
- Shape
- Bowl
- Decoration techniques
- Repoussé and chased, Incised
- Motif
- Human figure
- Material
- MetalCopper and bronze
- Findspot
- Idalion
- Date
- 799 - 700 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Dhali, Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4561, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 535, pp. 201-2, New York: Gilliss Press.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 1, p. 110, pl. XXVII.3. Paul Aströms Förlag.Matthäus, Hartmut. 1985. Metallgefässe und Gefässuntersätze der Bronzezeit, der geometrischen und archaischen Periode auf Cypern: mit einem Anhang der bronzezeitlichen Schwertfunde auf Cypern, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Abteilung II Bd. 8. cat. 423, pp. 161, 376, pl. 33, 423, München: Beck.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1999. "A Cypriot Silver Bowl Reconsidered: I The Iconography of the Decoration." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 34: p. 15 n. 13.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 306, pp. 187-8, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 2005. Kypris: the Aphrodite of Cyprus: Ancient Sources and Archaeological Evidence. pp. 58-9, 188-89, figs. 46, 241, Nicosia, Cyprus: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2006. Aspects of Everyday Life in Cyprus: Iconographic Representations. no. n. 84, p. 113, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Aruz, Joan and Michael Seymour. 2016. Assyria to Iberia : Art and Culture in the Iron Age pp. 19-21, fig. 9a, b, New York.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5700, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4561
- Richter 1915, no. 535
- Karageorghis 2000, no. 306
Photographs in the Archive
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- Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3554. Public domain (CC0).
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