Alabaster amphoriskos (small flask), Hellenistic Cypriot — Alabaster amphoriskos (small flask), Hellenistic Cypriot, c. 310–30 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5130.Open Access by the MET

Hellenistic

Alabaster amphoriskos (small flask)

With long neck, high handles and pointed base. H. 5 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (13.3 x 5.4 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone vessel
Shape: JarAmphoraAmphoriskos
Material: StoneCalcite (alabaster)
Period: Hellenistic and RomanHellenistic
Date: 310 - 30 BC

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Accession No.

74.51.5130

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.

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