askos

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Object Type
Museum number: 1842,0407.6
Description: Pottery askos in form of bird. Design red on black ground. The shape is a rude imitation of a bird, with feathers indicated in front and at the back; the head and tail are partly broken away. On the tail is a spout, and over the back a handle. On either side is a panel: (a) Head of a Maenad to right, with embroidered cap, large earrings, and necklace; behind, a band of wave-pattern and egg-moulding. (b) Head of a Seilenos to left, bald, with a tuft of hair on the forehead, wearing a necklace; behind, egg-moulding.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC BC
Production place: Made in: Italy
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (F501); Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (1488)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satyr; mythical figure/creature; bird
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Basseggio; Purchased through: Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
Acquisition date: 1842
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1842,0407.6

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