Late Bronze Age II
Alabaster jug
This vase is made of a stone not found in Cyprus, although the bil-bil shape is a native type. It may have been carved in imported stone by Cypriot artists, or made in Egypt or Syria where terracotta Base Ring Ware jugs were exported in great numbers and copied in stone. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 5 13/16 in., 1 lb. (14.8 cm, 0.5 kg)
Date
1450 - 1200 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5111
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- “From Amathus”
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. XVIII, London: John Murray.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.8, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1628, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 115, p. 72, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 517, p. 387, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.