Middle Bronze Age I
Terracotta zoomorphic askos (vessel)
Fantastic vase with four feet, loop handle, spout, and serpent. H. 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figure-vessel
- Motif
- Snake
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Date
- 2000 - 1800 BC
Accession No.
74.51.797
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 171, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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