Red Polished jug
Date2100-1950 BCE
Periodlate Early Bronze Age
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriot
MediumCeramic (handmade) with red slip and lime-filled incised details
ClassificationCeramics
Provenance: Julien Gréau collection; J. Pierpont Morgan gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1917; (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 numberSN28.23
People who held this vessel to pour liquid left traces of “use wear” at the top of the handle and on the knob at the front. Scholars have used stylistic analyses of the incised patterns on similar ceramics to identify groups of vessels created by a single potter or workshop.
On View
Not on viewHeight: 4 7/8 in. (12.45 cm)
Height (resting naturally): 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Width (resting naturally): 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Thickness (resting naturally): 3 1/8 in. (7.95 cm)
Body
Diameter: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Rim
Diameter (exterior): 1 7/16 in. (3.73 cm)
Diameter (aperture interior max): 3/8 in. (0.93 cm)
Neck
Diameter: 7/8 in. (2 to 2.45 cm)
Handle
Diameter: 1/2 in. (0.91 to 1.63 cm)
Knob
Height: 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
Width: 5/8 in. (1.52 cm)
Thickness: 3/8 in. (0.89 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6 (light red)
Slip 10R 4/6 (red) to 10R 4/4 (weak red); white lime color not in Munsell
Inclusions
not visible
1450-1200 BCE
900-800 BCE
