068. Bird - Mycenaean

068. Bird - Mycenaean

Terracotta
H: 6.7 cm
Provenance: no indication; Greece?
Late Mycenaean III
1400-1200/1150 B.C.

Fashioned by hand of clay with some use of a spatula-like instrument. Some of the surface smoothed with the help of a brush.

Condition: buff colour clay with painted decoration of broad strips and dots in dark brown. The left leg a modern restoration.

For the purpose, see remarks cat. nos. 63 and 67.

Exhibited and Published:
Art Antique, cat. no. 82, ill.