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

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

Description:

Three feet, with tubular spout and geometric ornament.


H. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1200 - 1050 BC

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.

Accession Number:

74.51.794