Painted Jug - trefoil oinochoe ?
Description
Trefoil mouth. Grayish clay with black decoration. Painted design extending down from base of neck forming a "J" pattern. Bands circling body. Thick stripes on back of handle; sides of handle painted black. Spherical body, narrow foot. Bottom marked "Cyprus 1874"
Dimensions
11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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