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GERTRUDE BERNOUDY TRUST
A CYPRIOT HORSE ASKOS
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A CYPRIOT HORSE ASKOS
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 850-750 B.C.
The hand-modelled figure with a strap handle, the flaring muzzle serving as the spout, with dark brown geometric decoration including cross-hatched lozenges on the body, the rear left leg, part of the front right leg, and spout behind the handle missing; together with a Cypriot terracotta horse with rider; a Cypriot terracotta female idol; and a Cypriot terracotta figure of a horse, circa 7th-5th century B.C., 8 1/4in. (21cm.) high for the askos (4)
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 850-750 B.C.
The hand-modelled figure with a strap handle, the flaring muzzle serving as the spout, with dark brown geometric decoration including cross-hatched lozenges on the body, the rear left leg, part of the front right leg, and spout behind the handle missing; together with a Cypriot terracotta horse with rider; a Cypriot terracotta female idol; and a Cypriot terracotta figure of a horse, circa 7th-5th century B.C., 8 1/4in. (21cm.) high for the askos (4)