Archaic I
Terracotta barrel jug with strainer
Barrel-shaped jugs, with and without strainers, are quite common in Archaic Cypriot pottery. Because they do not stand on their own, they must have served a very specific function. Found in tombs mainly in eastern Cyprus, they may have been purely funerary. This example is decorated with a large bird in flight, his talons drawn up, flanked by a pair of lotus flowers. H. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm) length 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) diameter 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- JugBarrel jug
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
74.51.517
Collection
Provenance
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 765, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 159, p. 100, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 286, pp. 245, 462, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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