Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a bird, Early Bronze Age I Cypriot — Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a bird, Early Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 2500–1600 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1290.Open Access by the MET

Early Bronze Age I

Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a bird

Vessel with incised decoration. H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figure-vessel
Shape: Special and ritual vesselsAskos
Decoration: Incised
Material: Clay
Place of production: Cyprus
Date: 2500 - 1600 BC

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Accession No.

74.51.1290

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from Alambra, Ayia Paraskevi, or Idalion

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. XCVI.825, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 46, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 20, p. 28, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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