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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1953.117
Title
Jug with Bird
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
10th-9th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Iron Age
Culture
Cypriot
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291258

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
24.7 x 15 cm (9 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
1953.117
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Iron age Bichrome IV ware. Creamy clay with black and red decoration. Sides decorated as a barrel jug. Bird and small swastikas on front panel below neck. Flared mouth, rounded body, ring foot and double handle. Around lip, groups of lines. On neck bands, stripes, and broad wavy line. Outside of handle painted in red and brown. Vessel was broken and mended below the attachment of the handle.

Publication History

  • V. Karageorghis and J. des Gagniers, La Ceramique de Style Figure, Age du Fer (1050-500BC) (Rome, Italy, 1974)
  • David Gordon Mitten and Amy Brauer, Dialogue with Antiquity, The Curatorial Achievement of George M. A. Hanfmann, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1982), p. 10, no. 2.

Exhibition History

  • Dialogue with Antiquity: The Curatorial Achievement of George M.A. Hanfmann, Fogg Art Museum, 05/07/1982 - 06/26/1982

Verification Level

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