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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

Overview

Provenance

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