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 geometric ornament.


3 3/8in. (8.6cm)

Period:

Archaic I

Date:

750 - 600 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 528, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.843