Bronze Bird-head Dipper

Bronze Bird-head Dipper

Description:

Bronze dipper with a long handle terminating in a bird-head; different elements hammered and cast; baggy body with a rounded base and everted rim; similar in shape to GR 1894,1101.233, but with a fixed vertical handle; part of the base of the vessel now missing and the metal is corroded.


Dimensions: Height: 33 centimetres


Object Type: dipper


Techniques: cast; hammered

Period:

Archaic

Date:

750 - 475 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.234