Askos, duck-shaped body, three legs, strap basket handle from neck to back, cylindrical neck, open mouth, two small projections one on each side representing wings, high back-ridge from base neck to small fan-shaped tail. Painted decoration. Breakage and subsequent restoration.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus
Culture or time period:
Cypro-Archaic I (700–600 BC), Cypro-Geometric II (950–850 BC), and Cypro-Geometric III (850–700 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Askoi
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
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)