Terracotta vase in the form of a bull

Terracotta vase in the form of a bull

Description:

The quality of Base Ring Ware deteriorated in the Late Cypriot II period but new shapes were introduced, especially vessels in the form of animals, of which the bull was most common.


Overall: 4 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (12.4 x 16.99 cm)

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1200 BC

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.818, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 334, 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. 63, p. 43, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.826