jug
- Museum number
- 1876,0909.4
- Description
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Pottery spouted jug in Bichrome Red ware; wheel-made with applied details; ovoid body on a hollow pedestal base; long tubular spout rising at an angle from mid- body, pair of breasts above; the neck is modelled in the form of a female head, with applied details such as pellet eyes and curls and pairs of plaited tresses hanging down each side of the face; she wears a double choker around her neck, also formed of applied discs of clay; single arching handle from the shoulder to the rop of the female head. Made of buff clay decorated with black and red paint.
- Production date
- 750 BC-600 BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 21.59 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Attributed to Black-on-Red II (IV) by Gjerstad in SCE IV/2. For a survey of this genre of anthropomorphic vase, which may represent a deity, see Nys 1997. The anthropomorphic element may be related to figurines of mainly females but also male figurines on wall plaques, some of which were holders for lamps or incense burners (see J. and V. Karageorghis 2006, who also discuss the identity of the figurines which may be deities).
Bibliography:
Karageorghis, J. and V. 2006, A propos des appliques murales de Chypre', RDAC 2006, 173-7.
Nys, K. 1997, 'Vases with anthropomorphic protomes in the Cypro-Geometric and Cypro-Archaic periods (1060-475 B.C.), in: V. Karageorghis, R. Laffineur and F. Vandenabelle (eds), Four thousand years of images on Cypriote pottery. Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Cypriote Studies, Nicosia 3-4 May, 1996 (Brussels-Liège-Nicosia), 81-7.
- Location
- On display (G72/dc12)
- Acquisition date
- 1876
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1876,0909.4
