Askos

Museum number:
8-4595
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Alternate number:
53 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.208
Description:
Askos; “Bird” with cutaway spout, three knobs, single handle from neck to shoulder, “tail”, three legs (not part of original and made from plaster), red polished surface with incised linear decoration. Spout and Tail broken and mended.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Cyprus
Culture or time period:
Early Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 2300–1900 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Askoi
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1977-1978 #22: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (January 4, 1978–July 14, 1978)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-4595, described as Askos; “Bird” with cutaway spout, three knobs, single handle from neck to shoulder, “tail”, three legs (not part of original and made from plaster), red polished surface with incised linear decoration. Spout and Tail broken and mended.

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