Black-on-Red Jug
5th century BCE
Description
Spherical body, long slim neck with trefoil lip (broken), small base, double ribbed arched handle. Two black bands at top of neck. Decorated with large concentric circles on each side, with smaller sets of concentric circles interspersed, concentric rings on central panel.
Dimensions
17.4 x 12.1 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Related Artworks
View MoreSilver, ebony
19th centuryAmericanYue-type ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over applique lug handles; the damaged rim banded in metal; painted decoration added in modern times. From northern China -- place of manufacture uncertain.
6th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray stoneware with localized areas of kiln-darkened surface
7th centuryKoreanTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with variegated copper red glaze
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd millennium BCEHurrianTerracotta; orange yellow clay
6th century BCEGreekSilver, carnelian
17th centuryBritishTerracotta
Greek