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 |