Terracotta trick vase
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The vase has the head of a woman and, at its widest point, the muzzle of a bull with a projecting spout for its nose. The container was filled through the foot, which is open, and emptied through the spout. Zoomorphic and anthropomorphic vases had been made on Cyprus since the second millennium B.C. During the Archaic period, vases were often given female attributes. Such works usually occur in tombs but they may first have been used as ritual vessels in sanctuaries.
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