Late Bronze Age III
Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a bird
Three feet with spout and geometric ornament. Bird askoi were popular in the Aegean and on Cyprus from a very early period. H. 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm) length 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figure-vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Bird
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 1200 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.841
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 529, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Barnes, Lorna and Ellen Salzman. 1998. "Preliminary Investigations of Surface Decoration on a Group of Ancient Terracottas from Cyprus." Glass, Ceramics and Related Materials : ICOM Committee for Conservation Glass, Ceramics, and Related Materials Working Group, & Institute of Arts and Design Department of Conservation Studies, Alice B. Paterakis, ed. p. 84, Vantaa, Finland: EVTEK Institute of Art and Design, Dept. of Conservation Studies.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 76, p. 54, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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