The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass

The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass offers a complete catalogue of the ancient glass held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s historic Cesnola Collection. This digital edition, written by Christopher S. Lightfoot, presents descriptions and illustrations of 520 glass vessels and objects. Download the PDF instantly after purchase and explore this authoritative reference on ancient Cypriot glass.

This volume is the third in a series of catalogues devoted to the Cesnola Collection of Cypriot art. It covers glass from the Late Bronze Age through the end of antiquity, roughly 1500 BC to AD 600.

Book Overview

The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass is a scholarly catalogue by Christopher S. Lightfoot, a curator in the Department of Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The book documents the ancient glass assembled on Cyprus by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola in the early 1870s.

The catalogue includes 520 glass vessels and objects, with entries organized by type and technique. Chapters cover pre-Classical glass, core-formed, cast, mold-blown, blown tableware, blown containers, perfume bottles, miscellaneous glass, and glass jewelry.

This digital edition is published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and distributed by Yale University Press in a Print-On-Demand Edition. It is a valuable resource for archaeologists, art historians, collectors, and students of ancient glass.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• A complete catalogue of 520 glass objects from the Cesnola Collection.
• Detailed entries arranged by production technique and vessel type.
• Coverage of glass from the Late Bronze Age to late antiquity, ca. 1500 BC–AD 600.
• Comparanda from excavated finds in Cyprus and other collections of Cypriot material.
• Appendices on glass formerly in the Charvet and Gréau collections.
• Provenance information, a concordance, and an extensive bibliography.

Why This Book Matters

The Cesnola Collection is one of the oldest and largest collections at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This volume is the first detailed account in over a century of the ancient glass found on Cyprus by Cesnola.

Lightfoot’s research also helps reassemble parts of the collection that were sold before shipping or later considered duplicates. The catalogue contributes to the wider study of ancient glass in the Mediterranean world.

Book Details

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