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.
Related Artworks
View MoreSilver
18th centuryAmericanHard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanRed terracotta, white ground, lustrous black glaze
5th century BCEGreekWhite ware: porcelain with light bluish glaze. Probably made in Yŏju, Kyŏnggi province.
17th centuryKorean
Nickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGermanYellow-green glass
1st-3rd century CERomanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
13th-14th centuryChineseSterling
20th centuryAmericanRed-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red; with underglaze cobalt blue circle on the base
18th centuryChineseProto-Kaya ware; grayish buff earthenware with appliqué handles, cord-marked surfaces, and lightly carved decoration on the neck
1st-2nd century CEKoreanTerracotta
Greek