Alabaster one-handled jug
Description: | The jug has a globular belly and a disk-shaped foot. The upper end of the handle extends in low relief around the top of the neck. The lower end of the handle terminates in a short projection. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 6 1/16 in., 2 lb. (15.4 cm, 0.9 kg) |
Period: | Late Bronze Age II |
Date: | 1600 - 1050 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
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.10, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1629, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 516, pp. 386-87, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5107 |