The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta jug with an oversize spout

Terracotta jug with an oversize spout

Period:: Archaic
Date:: mid-6th century B.C.
Culture:: Lydian
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: H. 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Gift of The American Society for the Exploration of Sardis, 1914
Accession Number:: 14.30.9

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 152

Description

This vase is decorated with a marbleizing technique often found on Lydian pottery, but the inspiration for the shape comes from Phrygia, a region to the east of Lydia.
Provenance

Excavated at Sardis
References

Oliver, Andrew, Jr. 1968. "Lydia." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 26(5): p. 199, fig. 8.
See also
What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Strainers (138)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Turkey (1,723)

Lydia (93)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
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Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.