Terracotta barrel jug with strainer
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.
Artwork Details
- 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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