Small feeder jug with basket handle

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1920.44.59
Title: Small feeder jug with basket handle
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Culture: Cypriot
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292844

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 9 x 5.2 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year: 1920
Object Number: 1920.44.59
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Red clay with black decoration. Compass drawn concentric circle motif on either side of spout resembling eyes. Band of stripes above and below the spout. Handle painted black, stripe on rim and at base of neck. One concentric circle engraved opposite spout on back. Bottom reads "Cyprus 1874."

Verification Level

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