Bird Form Askos

Bird Form Askos

Description:

Pottery askos in form of a bird in White Painted IV ware; hand-made; elongated body with a curved neck sitting on three low stump feet, one at the front and two at the back; pair of 'chicks' applied to the body on each side; ring for suspension on back; lug-like tail at the back; hole at the front for pouring; made of buff clay decorated with dark paint: zig-zag lines along the sides.


Dimensions: Height: 5 centimetres; Length: 7.50 centimetres


Object Type: vessel


Ware: White Painted Ware


Series: White Painted IV (SCE type VIII f)


Techniques: painted; handmade; slipped

Period:

Middle Bronze Age II

Date:

1900 - 1650 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais

Accession Number:

1884,1210.59