Flask
Flask

On view

Latin American Art

Flask,

ca. 1800–1600 BCE

Cypriote
Middle to Late Bronze Age, ca. 1900–1050 BCE Middle Cypriote II – III
y266

Information

Title
Flask
Dates

ca. 1800–1600 BCE

Medium
White-painted III–V ware: ceramic
Dimensions
17.0 x 7.5 x 6.0 cm (6 11/16 x 2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan Marquand, Class of 1874
Object Number
y266
Place Made

Europe, Cyprus

Place Collected

Europe, Cyprus

Culture
Cypriote
Period
Middle Cypriote, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age
Type
flasks (bottles), ceramics
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
brown, cream, geometric patterns, wave pattern, white painted (pottery style)

Formerly in the Cesnola Collection; given to the Museum by Allan Marquand in 1929

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