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Form of a bird, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot askos, White Painted ware
Form of a bird, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, White Painted ware, c. 1800–1625 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, IV 3867.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Middle Bronze Age III

Form of a bird

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

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figure-vessel
Ware
White Painted ware (Bronze Age)
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsAskos
Style
String-hole Style
Material
Clay
Period
probablyBronze AgeMiddle Cypriot (Middle Bronze Age)
Date
1800 - 1625 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

Vienna Museum

Provenance

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

Identifiers

Accession no.
Antikensammlung, IV 3867, Vienna Museum

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