Jug
1st-3rd century CE
Description
Jug; flattened spherical body, long neck, trefoil mouth, applied ribbon handle. Intact, except for small fragment missing from side; white and light brown accretions on interior. Classification: Isings form 14
Dimensions
14.1 x 9.7 cm (5 9/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Luigi Palma di Cesnola, Cyprus, Greece (c. 1865-1872), sold; to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1872-by 1977), sold; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (by 1977), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.
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