Form of a bird

Form of a bird

Description:

Form of a bird of the Asko, the replica of a leather hose or bag in tone, has a long tradition known in different form variants.This vessel is reminiscent of vases in the form of birds (cf. Inv.-No. IV 3868).The small cast vessel corresponds to a popular type of White Painted Ware III-V String Hole Style, which is occupied by numerous grave finds.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999


H. 9,2 cm, L. 12,6 cm

Period:

Middle Bronze Age III

Date:

1800 - 1625 BC

Collection:

Vienna Museum

Provenance:

Oestr.Museum Vienna;1881 purchase from the Coll. Przibram, Vienna,;1940 takeover;1941 inventorized

Accession Number:

Antikensammlung, IV 3867