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Bird Shaped Bichrome Askos, Archaic I Cypriot
Bird Shaped Bichrome Askos, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 750–600 BC. British Museum, 1896,0201.94.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic I

Bird Shaped Bichrome Askos

Pottery askos or vase in form of bird; hand-made; horizontal ovoid body with central ridge along the back; tubular spout tapering to a trefoil mouth; vertical loop handle from body to rim; tail rendered as simple fan; small schematic wings on each side; three short conical legs, two at the front and one at the back; pink-buff clay and self slip (?); decorated with red and black bands on the body, spout and hand; surface, including the paint, is very worn. Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres; Length: 15.10 centimetres; Width: 11 centimetres Object Type: askos Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome III/IV (?)) Techniques: painted; slipped; handmade

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figure-vessel
Ware
Bichrome ware (Iron Age)
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsAskos
Decoration
PaintedPainted in two colours
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic I
Date
750 - 600 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Kourion

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1896,0201.94, British Museum · Museum record
Report entry
Kourion-Kaloriziki, BM Tomb 6, no. (2)Murray et al. 1900, p. 81

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