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Jug in the shape of a man's head (rhyton)
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Helladic III B Period
about 1350–1200 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); width: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); diameter of base: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession Number1988.153
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionRound, flatly-domed head, cylindrical neck, flat, closed bottom. Green buff clay, matt black paint, except for top and most of back of head "restored" in reddish fabric with black patches, attached with plaster (some missing). Wheelmade. Features molded and pinched: jutting brow, high-bridged nose, closed eyes and mouth, protruding chin and beard, flaring ears. Painted brow, "eyelashes," hair, beard, mouth, stripes around neck, three "slashes" on each cheek. Hole on top of head in patch (1.5cm) with 6 small holes around it; hole above beard where area broken away.
ProvenanceBy 1987: with Galerie Nefer, Augustinergasse 14, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Galerie Nefer, March 23, 1988