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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.14
Title
Jug with Handle and Trefoil Lip
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 700-650 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia
Period
Geometric period to Orientalizing
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291588

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; pale reddish clay with slip, brownish black glaze
Dimensions
17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Athens, 1896, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.30.14
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
On lip, dots. On handle, wavy black stripe. On neck, separated by a raised painted filet, two sets of vertical wavy stripes. Extra curving support to handle. Body separated from neck by a raised glazed band. On shoulder, series of vertical stripes ending in an oval, alternating with double lines. On body, broad painted band and row of dots, each in a panel bordered by two thin stripes. Body charply carinated below row of dots in panels. Dark striple just above rays, below the carination. On base, six rays. Foot painted. Intact, except for a small piece of the lip.

Publication History

  • Joseph Clark Hoppin and Albert Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Libraire Ancienne Edouard Champion (Paris, 1926)
  • Rosmarie Elgnowski, "Eine Gattung böotischer Kannen", Festschrift Eugen v. Mercklin, Stifland-Verlag (Waldsassen/Bayern, Germany, 1964), p.33, fig. 17, 7

Verification Level

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