The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art

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The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art is written by Christopher S. Lightfoot and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1588396576 (ISBN 10) and 9781588396570 (ISBN 13).

The Cesnola Collection of antiquities from Cyprus preserves the island’s artistic traditions from prehistoric through Roman times and represents the first large group of ancient Mediterranean works to enter the museum’s collection. This publication which focuses on Ancient Glass and is the third volume in a series aimed at publishing the collection in its entirety. This catalogue contains descriptions and illustrations of 520 glass vessels and objects. Although the majority of the glass is Roman, the scope of the collection extends from the Late Bronze Age through the end of antiquity (ca. 1500 B.C.– A.D. 600). It is the first attempt in over a century to provide a detailed account of the ancient glass found on Cyprus by Cesnola.