Harvard Art Museums > 1953.117: Jug with Bird Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Jug with Bird , 1953.117,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291258. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1953.117 Title Jug with Bird Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 10th-9th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus Period Iron Age Culture Cypriot Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291258 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Dimensions 24.7 x 15 cm (9 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 1953 Object Number 1953.117 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Iron age Bichrome IV ware. Creamy clay with black and red decoration. Sides decorated as a barrel jug. Bird and small swastikas on front panel below neck. Flared mouth, rounded body, ring foot and double handle. Around lip, groups of lines. On neck bands, stripes, and broad wavy line. Outside of handle painted in red and brown. Vessel was broken and mended below the attachment of the handle. Publication History V. Karageorghis and J. des Gagniers, La Ceramique de Style Figure, Age du Fer (1050-500BC) (Rome, Italy, 1974) David Gordon Mitten and Amy Brauer, Dialogue with Antiquity, The Curatorial Achievement of George M. A. Hanfmann, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1982), p. 10, no. 2. Exhibition History Dialogue with Antiquity: The Curatorial Achievement of George M.A. Hanfmann, Fogg Art Museum, 05/07/1982 - 06/26/1982 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
