Terracotta Duck Figurine
Description: | Small terracotta duck; hand-made body, hollow underneath, with flat fan-tail; single pair of schematic front legs; buff-orange clay and slip, decorated with purple and black paint: leaf motifs in the place of wings, bands on the neck, faint traces of black for the eyes, stripes on the tail. Dimensions: Height: 6.30 centimetres; Length: 8.20 centimetres max Object Type: figure Techniques: painted; handmade |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 500 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Amathus |
Accession Number: | 1894,1101.255 |