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Bronze bowl with handles terminating in lotuses

ca. 850–750 BCE
Not on view
Although the lotus motif came from the East, bronze bowls or basins with lotiform handles seem to have been a Cypriot invention that flourished from the Geometric into the Archaic period. Such large examples are rare. Smaller bowls are more common and exist also in terracotta. Moreover, they were exported to the Levant, the Aegean region, and Italy.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bronze bowl with handles terminating in lotuses
  • Period: Cypro-Geometric III
  • Date: ca. 850–750 BCE
  • Culture: Cypriot
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: H. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
    H. with handles 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
    diameter 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
  • Classification: Bronzes
  • Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
  • Object Number: 74.51.5673
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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