White Painted String-hole Askos - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted String-hole Askos

Pottery askos in White Painted String-hole Style;handmade; body is bird-shaped with small loop handle on the top, with the head formed from a beak spout; there are seven string-holes around the centre of the body; made of orange-buff clay with a yellowish buff slip and painted with a red hatched decoration. Dimensions: Length: 14.80 centimetres Object Type: askos Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted String-hole Style (SCE type XV a) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped

Date

1850 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1868,0905.30

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Dhali