Catalogue · 2000
Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
V. Karageorghis, J. R. Mertens and M. E. Rose
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cited on Ancient Cyprus
34 pages · 377 objects- A Goat and a Composite Figure: Reading a Cypriot Free-Field JugArticle
- Ancient Cypriot Pottery: A Course from the First Pots to the Classical KingdomsArticle
- Cypriot Free-Field Art: One Bird on an Empty JugArticle
- Early Bronze Age Incised Bottles in Cyprus: Regional Traditions in Form, Decoration, and Firing TechnologyArticle
- How to Identify Ancient Cypriot Pottery: A Visual GuideArticle
- Max Ohnefalsch-Richter: The Excavator Who Recorded Cyprus and Scattered ItArticle
- Vassos Karageorghis (1929–2021): The Maker of Modern Cypriot ArchaeologyArticle
- AmphoraCompendium
- Archaic Limestone StatuesCompendium
- BottlesCompendium
- Clothing and Dress in Ancient CyprusCompendium
- Cypro-Archaic CyprusCompendium
- FlasksCompendium
- Food and Diet in Ancient CyprusCompendium
- Free-Field Style: Birds, Bulls and Lotus on Cypro-Archaic JugsCompendium
- From Bronze to Iron: Cypriot Pottery c. 1300–950 BCECompendium
- Hellenistic CyprusCompendium
- Herakles-MelqartCompendium
- Horse and Rider FigurinesCompendium
- Iron Age White Painted WareCompendium
- Jugs and JugletsCompendium
- Lattice, Chequers and Checkerboards on Cypriot PotteryCompendium
- Lotus Flowers and Lotus Friezes on Cypriot Iron Age PotteryCompendium
- Motifs of Cypriot PotteryCompendium
- Neighboring CulturesCompendium
- Neo-Assyrian Empire and CyprusCompendium
- Painted Stone: Colour on Cypriot Limestone SculptureCompendium
- Pottery ShapesCompendium
- Red Polished Zoomorphic Vessels and Animal FigurinesCompendium
- Temple BoysCompendium
- The Jewelry of Ancient CyprusCompendium
- The Legal Export of Cypriot AntiquitiesCompendium
- Types of WareCompendium
- Writing and Literacy in Ancient CyprusCompendium
Objects (377, first 48 shown)
Agate scepter headAlabaster alabastron (perfume vase)Alabaster flaskAlabaster jugAlabaster mortarAlabaster pyxis (lidded jar)Alabaster spoon or ladleBasalt tripod vessel or mortarBase Ring II Bilbil Juglet with White-Painted BandsBase Ring II Double Juglet with White-Painted DecorationBichrome Barrel Jug with Circled End-KnobsBichrome IV Amphora with a Lotus-and-Bud Shoulder FriezeBichrome IV Jug with a Waterfowl Catching a FishBichrome IV Trefoil Jug with a Striding BirdBronze awl with bone handleBronze axe headBronze bitBronze bowlBronze bowl with handles terminating in lotusesBronze bull's headBronze cauldronBronze dagger bladeBronze fibula (safety pin)Bronze handles and part of the rim of a cauldronBronze handles and rim of a cauldronBronze hoofBronze jugBronze lamp holderBronze lampstandBronze lion pawBronze mace headBronze phiale (libation bowl)Bronze pinBronze razorBronze rod tripodBronze saucer-shaped lampBronze shaft-hole axBronze shepherd's crookBronze spearheadBronze statuette of a bird of preyBronze statuette of a ramBronze thymiaterion (incense burner)Bronze toggle pinRed Polished Two-Headed Zoomorphic Askos with a Bull and a Long-Eared HeadWhite Painted II Jug with Cut-away Neck and Lattice PanelsWhite Painted III-IV Amphora with Lozenge Chains and Hatched TrianglesWhite Painted III-IV Juglet with Cut-away NeckWhite Painted IV Trefoil Jug with a Wild Goat and a Composite Plant-like Figure