Bronze bowl with handles terminating in lotuses

Unknown

ca. 850–750 BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 850–750 BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Cypriot

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76