VesselsCypriot

Small feeder jug with basket handle

Description

Red clay with black decoration. Compass drawn concentric circle motif on either side of spout resembling eyes. Band of stripes above and below the spout. Handle painted black, stripe on rim and at base of neck. One concentric circle engraved opposite spout on back. Bottom reads "Cyprus 1874."

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Cypriot

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9 x 5.2 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/16 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).