Greek Pottery: 3rd-Century Bird-Shaped Askos (like a watering-can, but for oil)

Askos in the form of a bird, 3rd century B.C.

South Italian, Daunian

Ceramic

17.2 x 17.0 x 12.4 cm (6 3/4 x 6 11/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

Princeton University Art Museum. Museum purchase, gift of Joyce von Bothmer

y1989-27

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