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Bichrome Duck Vase, Geometric II Cypriot zoomorphic vessel
Bichrome Duck Vase, Geometric II Cypriot, c. 900–750 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.480.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Geometric II

Bichrome Duck Vase

Terracotta duck vase in Bichrome Ware; wheel-made; elongated body with a rounded base, ending at the back in a tail; tubular neck enlarging into a head with beak; simple loop handle rising from the middle of the bird's back. Made of buff clay fired a pale white colour, with red-purple and black painted decoration: hatched lozenge in the centre of each side, parallel black strokes on the tail; eyes painted black and beak and top of head in red-purple. Dimensions: Height: 6.50 centimetres Object Type: figure Ware: Bichrome Ware Techniques: painted; wheel-made

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figure-vessel
Ware
Bichrome ware (Iron Age)
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsZoomorphic vessel
Decoration techniques
Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
Motif
Triangles and lozenges
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Geometric
Date
900 - 750 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1894,1101.480, British Museum · Museum record

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