Barrel jug with schematic animal designs
Artist
Unknown
Date1050-900 BCE
Periodearly Geometric
CultureCypriot
MediumCeramic (wheelmade) with red and black paint
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 31, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.359
Potters used several techniques. This jug combines handmade and wheelmade techniques. Its body is made of two wheel-made halves joined together to create one single barrel-shaped container. The geometric pattern on the chest of this jug may reference the tail of a bird or fish.
On View
Not on viewHeight: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Width (nipple to nipple): 6.0 in. (15.3 cm)
Width (handle to front): 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Rim
Diameter (exterior): 3 9/16 in. (9.05-9.18 cm)
Diameter (interior): 3 3/16 in. (8.14 cm)
Thickness (wall, at rim): 1/8 in. (0.38 cm)
Handle
Width: 3/4 in. (1.91 cm)
Thickness: 9/16 in. (1.45 cm)
Body
Diameter, body without handles or nipples (nipple to nipple side): 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm)
Diameter, body without handles or nipples (handle side): 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
Diameter, body as made on wheel before assembly: 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
Neck
Diameter (at midpoint): 2 3/16 in. (5.56 cm)
Diameter (at shoulder): 2 9/16 in. (6.52 cm)
Diameter (at join with upturned rim): 3 5/8 in. (9.13 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 10YR 7/4 (very pale brown) to 10YR 6/4 (light yellowish brown)
Paint: 10R 4/4 (weak red) and N 2.5/ (black)
Inclusions
some sand, few gravel lime
1050–900 BCE
900-800 BCE
1100-1000 BCE
800-650 BCE
