1960.271: Jug

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.271

Title

Jug

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

mid 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria, Northern Syria

Period

Roman Imperial period

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/291088

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Redware

Dimensions

26 x 21 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD (by 1960), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.271

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Ribbon-type handle, spherical body with base ring, long cylindrical neck with slightly flared mouth and flat rim. Scoring on shoulder. U-shaped chip at base and small chips in the lip. Wheel made of reddish buff clay with lustrous red slip.

Classification: This vessel was listed as an example of ESA Form 104A by John Hayes (See Hayes 1985, p. 43, as CVA Robinson Coll. I, tav. III.10).

Commentary

This jug is an example of Eastern Sigillata A Ware (“ESA”), a type of pottery produced in northern Syria in the region of greater Antioch (modern Antakya, in the Hatay region of modern Turkey). Fine table wares (cups, bowls, plates, platters, and pitchers) for table service, drinking, and dining were produced in ESA from the late second century BCE to the 2nd century CE.

Publication History

• Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, p.14, Plate III.10
• Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 26, no. 195
• John W. Hayes, Sigillate Orientali, In Atlante delle Forme Ceramiche II, Ceramica Fine Romana nel Bacino Mediterraneo, Enciclopedia dell'arte antica, classica e orientale (Rome, 1985), Supp. 2, pp. 1-96, p. 43

Exhibition History

• The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

Subjects and Contexts

• Roman Domestic Art

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