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Terracotta barrel jug with strainer

ca. 750–600 BCE
Not on view
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.

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta barrel jug with strainer
  • Period: Cypro-Archaic I
  • Date: ca. 750–600 BCE
  • Culture: Cypriot
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)
    length 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)
    diameter 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
  • Object Number: 74.51.517
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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