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

Archaic I

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

Three feet with geometric ornament. 3 3/8in. (8.6cm)

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.843

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.