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Bichrome Red jug with floral decoration and a head of a bull on the shoulder
Bichrome Red jug with floral decoration and a head of a bull on the shoulder

Bichrome Red jug with floral decoration and a head of a bull on the shoulder

Date650-475 BCE
Periodlate Archaic
MediumCeramic (wheelmade) and terra cotta (handmade) with red slip and dark reddish-gray and white paint
DimensionsOverall
Height: (10 1/4 in.) 26 cm
Diameter (body): (6.0 in.) 15.25 cm
Width (max, with bull protome): (6 5/16 in.) 16 cm
Rim
Diameter (exterior): (2 3/8 in.) 6.06 cm
Diameter (interior): (2.0 in.) 5.11 cm
Thickness (thicker wall): (3/16 in.) 0.45 cm
Neck
Diameter (at bottom): (2 5/16 in.) 5.86 cm at bottom
Diameter (center): (2.0 in.) 5.02 cm center
Handle
Width: (15/16 in.) 2.43 cm
Thickness: (1/2 in.) 1.27 cm
Base
Diameter: (3.0 in.) 7.58 cm
Bull protome
Width (ear to ear): (15/16 in.) 2.4 cm
Height: (1 11/16 in.) 4.22 cm
Depth: (1 3/8 in.) 3.54 cm
Length: (ear to spout): (1 1/4 in.) 3.22 cm

ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.623
On View
Not on view
Medium Details

Color

Fabric:  5YR 7/4 (pink)

Slip:  10R 5/6 (red)

Paint:  10R 3/1 (dark reddish gray), white not in Munsell, very white

Inclusions

many sand