The medallions wrapping around the neck of this jug, which was probably used to store liquids, are decorated with images of mounted riders. Such images were associated with the Holy Rider, who warded away evil, as well as with hunters who were identified with abundance and prosperity.
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Title:Jug with Medallions
Date:6th–8th century
Culture:Byzantine
Medium:Copper alloy
Dimensions:Overall: 4 15/16 x 4 x 3 3/8 in. (12.5 x 10.2 x 8.6 cm)
Classification:Metalwork-Copper
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1967
Accession Number:67.200.2
Stavros Ioannides, Thessaloniki (date unknown); [ Hesperia Art, Philadelphia (sale date unknown)]; [ Royal-Athena Galleries, New York (sold 1967)]
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Patterns of Collecting: Selected Acquisitions, 1965–1975," December 6, 1975–March 23, 1976.
Reno. Sierra Nevada Museum of Art. "Culture of the Middle Ages: a festival of the medieval arts," December 8–31, 1978.
Knoxville, TN. Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee. "Sacred Beauty: A Millennium of Religious Art, 600–1600," September 7, 2007–January 6, 2008.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition," March 14–July 8, 2012.
Raggio, Olga, ed. "Medieval Art and the Cloisters." Notable Acquisitions (Metropolitan Museum of Art) no. 1965/1975 (1975). p. 160.
Raggio, Olga, ed. Patterns of Collecting: Selected Acquisitions, 1965-1975; Explanatory Texts. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. p. 20.
Neff, Amy. "Christianity." In Sacred Beauty: A Millennium of Religious Art, 600–1600. , Vol. 19. Knoxville: Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 2007. ill. p. 12.
Evans, Helen C., and Brandie Ratliff, ed. Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition, 7th–9th century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012. no. 57, pp. 90, 206.
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