The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta jug in the shape of a head of an African

Art Object

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Terracotta jug in the shape of a head of an African

Period:: Imperial
Date:: 3rd century A.D.
Culture:: Roman
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: H. 18.08 cm.
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.194.859

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Provenance

Said to be from Marion, Cyprus
References

Karageorghis, V. 1988. Blacks in Ancient Cypriot Art. Houston: Menil Foundation, 50-1, no. 48.
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What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Jugs (1,683)
Where
Roman Empire (5,259)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,201)
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Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Italian Peninsula, 1–500A.D.