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A Cypriot pottery white painted ware askos
in the form of a stylized dog, with long neck and large ears, loop handle on centre back, spouted tail, with dark linear decoration, repaired -- 7 5/8in. (19.4cm.) high; a similar askos, in the form of a bull with large curving horns, aperture on chest, three short legs, loop handle on the back, repaired -- 4¼in. (11cm.) high; another, with spout on centre back and four short feet -- 5¼in. (13.4cm.) long; three other zoomorphic spouted vessels -- 8in. (20.2cm.) long max.; and a white painted ware jar, with twin pierced lug handles, everted rim, on tall ring foot and with dark painted linear decoration, repaired -- 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high, all Middle Bronze Age, circa 1900-1650 B.C. (7)
in the form of a stylized dog, with long neck and large ears, loop handle on centre back, spouted tail, with dark linear decoration, repaired -- 7 5/8in. (19.4cm.) high; a similar askos, in the form of a bull with large curving horns, aperture on chest, three short legs, loop handle on the back, repaired -- 4¼in. (11cm.) high; another, with spout on centre back and four short feet -- 5¼in. (13.4cm.) long; three other zoomorphic spouted vessels -- 8in. (20.2cm.) long max.; and a white painted ware jar, with twin pierced lug handles, everted rim, on tall ring foot and with dark painted linear decoration, repaired -- 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high, all Middle Bronze Age, circa 1900-1650 B.C. (7)