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

Archaic I

1896,0201.94