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Diabase bowl with spout

ca. 6500–5500 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
This bowl, made of a local, hard, gray stone called diabase, is characteristic of the kinds of vessels the prehistoric Cypriots made before they began to produce handmade pottery.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Diabase bowl with spout
  • Period:
    Aceramic Neolithic
  • Date:
    ca. 6500–5500 BCE
  • Culture:
    Cypriot
  • Medium:
    Diabase
  • Dimensions:
    H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
  • Classification:
    Stone Sculpture
  • Credit Line:
    Lent by the Cyprus Museum, Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus
  • Object Number:
    L.2000.12.1
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art