Middle Bronze Age II
Terracotta zoomorphic askos (vessel)
Three feet, spout, loop-handle, and lattice-bands of black and red. H. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figure-vessel
- Decoration techniques
- Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 1900 - 1600 BC
Accession No.
74.51.791
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 216, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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