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Barrel-shaped jug of Bichrome Ware
Cypriote
Cypro-geometric I Period
about 1050–950 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Bichrome ware
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. 0.37.5; W. 0.29 m.
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number57.751
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBarrel-shaped jug with narrow neck and handle; small boss on either end of body. White-painted fabric with linear decoration in black-brown paint and matt red: rings on mouth and neck; zig-zag on handle; concentric rings around body; below handle, abstract pattern of hatched lozenges.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Horace L. Mayer Collection; gift of Horace L. Mayer to MFA, December 12, 1957