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LOT 0093
Cypro-Archaic Terracotta Bird Askos
LATE BRONZE AGE, 1100-1000 B.C.
9 1/2 in. (670 grams, 24 cm).
Hollow-formed as a bird, possibly a duck, with its beak acting as a spout, small lateral flanges for wings and painted geometric detailing; strap handle from funicular filler tube with a strainer inside to the fan-shaped tail. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. an askos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.1970.11.12.
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