Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top) in the form of a bird - image 1

Late Bronze Age III

Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top) in the form of a bird

Three feet, with tubular spout and geometric ornament. H. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)

Date

1200 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.794

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 527, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.