Cypriot black-on-red jug
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Object number
AR3086A
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Small jug
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| Material: |
Red clay with dark red slip and black painting
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| Date: |
8th - 6th century B.C. Archaic period of ancient Cyprus, so-called black-on-red ware |
| Description: |
Unusually shaped, double-conical voluminous jug with small ring-shaped base, short neck and one handle. Broad black band below shoulder, several thin bands on shoulder, handle and lip covered with black on the outside. |
| Size: |
Height 71 mm, diameter 71 mm
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| Condition: |
Undamaged, only minor wear, painting very well preserved. Collection number "4" written with pencil on base.
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| Literature: |
For a broad but compact introduction into the subject of Cypriot art, see V. Karageorghis, Treasures in the Cyprus Museum. A very detailed work focusing specifically on Cypriot pottery is V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2020 from a German private collection. Inherited in this from the collection of the German artist Lotti Huber, who received this jug together with other objects as a gift from her husband Alec Kingaby in the 1950s during their stay on Cyprus. Mr. Kingaby has found the objects during an excavation on Cyprus. Ms. Huber took the objects to London in 1960, and 1965 to Berlin as she moved to Germany. The objects have been in Germany since 1965.
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| Authenticity: |
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