Terracotta barrel jug with strainer

Cypriot

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Barrel-shaped jugs, with and without strainers, are quite common in Archaic Cypriot pottery. Because they do not stand on their own, they must have served a very specific function. Found in tombs mainly in eastern Cyprus, they may have been purely funerary. This example is decorated with a large bird in flight, his talons drawn up, flanked by a pair of lotus flowers.

#1104. Terracotta barrel jug with strainer

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Terracotta barrel jug with strainer, Terracotta, Cypriot

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Terracotta barrel jug with strainer, Terracotta, Cypriot
Terracotta barrel jug with strainer, Terracotta, Cypriot
Terracotta barrel jug with strainer, Terracotta, Cypriot
Terracotta barrel jug with strainer, Terracotta, Cypriot

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