Italo-Geometric Bird Askos (Oil Vessel): Hunter (Herakles?) and Stag
c. 700 BCE
Overall: 33.5 x 15.5 cm (13 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Diameter of foot: 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.1
This bird-shaped askos (oil vessel), with a tall filling spout and a pierced beak for pouring, perhaps held perfumed oil for a funerary function. Although the shape likely stems from Italian tradition, the abundantly painted geometric decoration, covering nearly every availabl...
Artifact
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156896
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1993.1
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Terms
Culture
Etruscan, likely made at Vulci
Technique
ceramic
Medium
ceramic
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Relations
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