Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top) in the form of a bird, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot
Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top) in the form of a bird, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1200–1050 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.794.Open Access by the MET

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)

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.794, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
Myres 1914, no. 527

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