Bichrome Bird Juglet

Bichrome Bird Juglet

Description:

Pottery juglet or askos in the form of a bird (probably a duck) in Bichrome ware; wheel-made body in the shape of a bird ending in a prominent tail fan; short neck and small trefoil mouth; arched handle from top of vase to the mouth; buff clay and slip, decorated in red and black paint: stylised wings and tail feathers and a star motif on the breast.


Dimensions: Height: 9 centimetres


Object Type: juglet; askos


Ware: Bichrome Ware


Series: Bichrome IV


Techniques: painted; slipped; wheel-made

Period:

Archaic I

Date:

750 - 600 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1869,0604.5