White Painted Woman-and-Pitcher Jug

White Painted Woman-and-Pitcher Jug

Description:

Part a pottery White Painted VII jug with attached terracotta figurine, known as a woman-and-pitcher jug; only part of the neck remains; the front of the figurine was mould-made of reddish buff clay, with the back and right arm hand-made; decorated with thick red paint now worn in places; the terracotta figurine is of a female dressed in a chiton; the right arm was holding a pitcher, now missing and the left arm is by the side.


Dimensions: Height: 10 centimetres max


Object Type: jug


Techniques: mould-made; painted

Period:

Classical

Date:

400 - 323 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Marion-Arsinoe (?)

Salamis (Cyprus) (?)

Accession Number:

1891,0806.95