Terracotta Duck Figurine

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