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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.269
Title
Black-on-Red Jug
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
5th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Archaic period to Classical
Culture
Cypriot
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290991

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; red slip with black decoration
Dimensions
17.4 x 12.1 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.269
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Spherical body, long slim neck with trefoil lip (broken), small base, double ribbed arched handle. Two black bands at top of neck. Decorated with large concentric circles on each side, with smaller sets of concentric circles interspersed, concentric rings on central panel.

Publication History

  • Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 9, no. 20

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

Verification Level

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