Askos; Legless, globular, “duck” shaped body; open, tubular side spout; stag head, with flat face, conical nose; antlers in front of top opening; high basket handle from rim to back; rounded knob-like tail; three button-like bosses. Incised linear decoration on body and handle consists of short, parallel slanting strokes & groups of three dots. Tip broken and missing from left antler, most of right antler missing, surface abrasion.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus
Verbatim coll. place:
Cyprus (Boissé Collection)
Culture or time period:
Early Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 2300–1900 BC) and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection date:
March 6, 1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Askoi
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1971-1972 #62: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (January 10, 1972–April 4, 1972), and S1977-1978 #22: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (January 4, 1978–July 14, 1978)