Cypriot Askos of the White Painted Ware

Culture: Cypriot

Period: 1750-1650 B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 14 cm high

Price: 800 Euro

Ref: 2575

Provenance: From the collection of Peter Eichhorn, Germany, acquired in the 1970s to 1980s.

Condition: Except for sinter and encrustation intact.

Description: Vessel formed by hand in form of a stylized bird. The corpus is bulbous and stands on a flat base. The large round pouring hole stands for the head, the elongated spout for the tail. From the rim of the head a semicircular handle curves to the back. The entire vessel is painted in red-brown colour. The corpus is decorated with a dense net pattern. On the pouring hole on the outside eyes and features are painted. Handle and tail are painted in large scale. See for the painting the zoomorphic askos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with the Accession Number 74.51.795, as well as for the form the askoi in the British Museum with the numbers 1982,0726.8 and 1876,0909.9.