Alabaster amphoriskos (small flask)

Alabaster amphoriskos (small flask)

Description:

With long neck, high handles and pointed base.


H. 5 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (13.3 x 5.4 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

310 - 30 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

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. CXIII.2, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1649, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 558, p. 398, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5130