barrel jug
- Museum number
- 1876,0909.74
- Description
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Large pottery barrel jug in White Painted/ Bichrome ware; wheel-made; elongated body terminating on each side in bosses with prominent nipples; tall cylindrical neck flaring to a thick chamfered rim; neck-ridge halfway up the height of the neck; thick strap handle from shoulder to neck ridge; buff-orange clay with cream-white slip decorated in black and purple paint: bull's eye motif with spirals on the bosses, broad and narrow bands around the body; large concentric circles below the handle on both sides, rings around the neck and rim with a single broader purple band below the rim, ladder pattern on the handle; parts of the surface have fired an orange colour, the rim is chipped, the slip and paint are cracked in places.
- Production date
- 950BC-800BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 12 centimetres (mouth)
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Height: 37 centimetres
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Length: 37 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Sce SCE IV/2, Fig. XIX & XXII for comparable examples. Though technically a Bichrome vase because of the added second colour, this is no different in shape or decoration to White Painted vessels of the same shape.
- Location
- On display (G72/dc9)
- Acquisition date
- 1876
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1876,0909.74
