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This example represents the typical Cypriot form of incense burner, attested in terracotta as well as bronze. The shape was known in Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age and was evidently reintroduced during the Archaic period by the Phoenicians.
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Title: Bronze thymiaterion (incense burner)
Period: Cypro-Archaic II
Date: 6th century BCE
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions:
6in. (15.2cm)
Other (diameter of mouth): 4 3/4in. (12.1cm)
Other (diameter of saucer): 8 5/8in. (21.9cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.5566
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