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Cypriot Middle Bronze Age Deer-Form Aksos, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot complex vessel

Middle Bronze Age III

Cypriot Middle Bronze Age Deer-Form Aksos

Cypriot Middle Bronze Age Deer-Form Aksos, circa 1700-1600 B. C. , buff ware with bichrome paint checkerboard decoration to sides; the vessel with a pierced stirrup handle for suspension, the stylized "head" with eight antler points, the "tail" serving as the spout. 7. 75 in. Intact with overall wear. Sale Price: $2,300

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figure-vessel
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsAskos
Decoration techniques
Painted, PaintedPainted in two colours
Motifs
Lattice and checkerboard, Goat, deer and ibex
Material
Clay
Period
Bronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1700 - 1600 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Provenance

  • Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville

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