Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 226, pl. 257a.
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 226, pl. 257a.
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END OF LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1300-1050 B.C.
Details
A CYPRIOT WHITE PAINTED WARE BIRD ASKOS
END OF LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1300-1050 B.C.
In the form of a bird, tapered towards the tail end, the head with tall neck and open trumpet-shaped mouth, bulbous eyes, ribbed loop handle on the centre back with second trumpet-shaped aperture behind, black painted linear decoration including bands of triangles and diamonds, three restored legs
4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high
END OF LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1300-1050 B.C.
In the form of a bird, tapered towards the tail end, the head with tall neck and open trumpet-shaped mouth, bulbous eyes, ribbed loop handle on the centre back with second trumpet-shaped aperture behind, black painted linear decoration including bands of triangles and diamonds, three restored legs
4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the Bomford collection.
Exhibited
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.
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