Black Slip Animal Vase

Black Slip Animal Vase

Description:

Animal-shaped pottery vase in Black Slip III ware; ovoid body with a flat base; animal head at one end and beak-shaped spout at the other with a handle on top; buff clay with worn brown slip.


Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres


Object Type: askos


Ware: Black Slip Ware


Series: Black Slip III (SCE form V c)


Techniques: handmade; slipped

Period:

Middle Bronze Age III

Date:

1750 - 1550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Phoenikiais

Accession Number:

1884,1210.60