Terracotta trick vase

Cypriot

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One of the most winning pieces in the Cesnola Collection, the vase is in the form of a bull. It was filled through the hollow foot and emptied through the hole in the bull's mouth, which is a spout modified into a head. Trick vases of this kind first appear in Cypro-Geometric pottery.

Terracotta trick vase, Terracotta, Cypriot

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Terracotta trick vase, Terracotta, Cypriot
Terracotta trick vase, Terracotta, Cypriot
Terracotta trick vase, Terracotta, Cypriot

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