Harvard Art Museums > 1960.262: Askos in shape of a Duck Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Askos in shape of a Duck , 1960.262,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291146. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.262 Title Askos in shape of a Duck Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 2100-1500 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus Period Bronze Age, Middle Culture Cypriot Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291146 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta; buff slip, brown glaze. Dimensions H. 17 x diam. 19 cm (6 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.262 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description High-standing bird with ridged back, fan-shaped tail, small neck and head. Loop handle and neck with flaring rim at center of back. Bird stands on two feet with rounded bottoms and rocks slightly back and forth. Publication History Joseph Clark Hoppin and Albert Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Libraire Ancienne Edouard Champion (Paris, 1926) Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 8, no. 13 Susan Langdon, ed., From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer, exh. cat., University of Missouri Press (Columbia, MO, 1993), p. 180-82, no. 68. Exhibition History The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961 From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, 10/09/1993 - 12/05/1993; University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, 01/19/1994 - 03/20/1994; Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/22/1994 - 06/19/1994 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
