Terracotta jug and lid
Such elaborate jugs, often with a carefully modeled human head on the neck, are typical products of Chiusi. The use of human heads is reminiscent of the so-called canopic urns, another major product of Chiusi, used as containers for cremated remains.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta jug and lid
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 550 BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Terracotta; bucchero pesante
- Dimensions: H.: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, 1896
- Object Number: 96.9.140a
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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