Closed
Free
Flask
Cypriot
Title
Flask
Artist
Unknown Artist (Cypriot)
Date
10th century BCE
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
4 1/2 × 3 × 3 in. (11.4 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Classification
Vessels & Containers
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
1961.91
On View
On view
Provenance
Probably Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832–1904), New York, by 1868 [1].
With Susette Khayat (1898–1980), dealer, New York, by February 22, 1960–February 10, 1961;
Her sale, through Eugene Kingman, to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1961.
[1] A sticker on the bottom of the flask reads “Cypre (Kupros) de Cesnola 1868.” This probably refers to Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832–1904), the first director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and United States consul in Cyprus from 1865 to 1877.
With Susette Khayat (1898–1980), dealer, New York, by February 22, 1960–February 10, 1961;
Her sale, through Eugene Kingman, to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1961.
[1] A sticker on the bottom of the flask reads “Cypre (Kupros) de Cesnola 1868.” This probably refers to Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832–1904), the first director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and United States consul in Cyprus from 1865 to 1877.
Exhibition History
None.
Published References
Ann Steiner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. United States of America. Joslyn Art Museum 21 (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1986), 1, pl. 1, fig. 2 (repro.).
