White Painted Bird Askos - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

White Painted Bird Askos

Pottery bird-shaped askos in White Painte Pendent Line Style; handmade; crescent-shaped vase with a rounded base, a bird's head at one end and a spout forming the tail at the other end; ring-handle on back; buff clay withorange-buff slip and red painted decoration comprising wavy line pendents and encircling lines. Dimensions: Height: 8.20 centimetres Object Type: askos Ware: White Painted Ware Series: White Painted Pendent Line Style (SCE type IIIc) Techniques: handmade; painted; slipped

Date

1850 - 1650 BC

Accession No.

1876,0909.9

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus