Jug
mid 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE
Description
Ribbon-type handle, spherical body with base ring, long cylindrical neck with slightly flared mouth and flat rim. Scoring on shoulder. U-shaped chip at base and small chips in the lip. Wheel made of reddish buff clay with lustrous red slip. Classification: This vessel was listed as an example of ESA Form 104A by John Hayes (See Hayes 1985, p. 43, as CVA Robinson Coll. I, tav. III.10).
Dimensions
26 x 21 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Provenance
David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD (by 1960), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960.
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