Terracotta spouted vessel with handle
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Technical analysis: Ultraviolet-induced visible luminescence examination
This terracotta spouted vessel is complete with only minor losses at three of the four horn-shaped lugs and repairs at the top and base of the spout and at the base of the handle near the spout. It consists of a deep rounded body with a doubled basket handle at the rim, and a long, upward curved spout with a wide flaring rim. There are four horn-like lugs at the upper part of the body. It is made of a grayish clay with a lightly burnished, reddish-slipped exterior. This vessel closely resembles the pottery of Yortan Class B from the Troad, in Turkey.(1)
Sandy MacGillivray and Wendy Walker
(1) See Kiamil, Turhan, The Yortan Culture within the Early Bronze Age of Western Anatolia, PhD thesis, University of London, Institute of Archaeology, 1980, pp 89-90 Class B side-spouted jars, Fig. 79 nos. 18-20.
This terracotta spouted vessel is complete with only minor losses at three of the four horn-shaped lugs and repairs at the top and base of the spout and at the base of the handle near the spout. It consists of a deep rounded body with a doubled basket handle at the rim, and a long, upward curved spout with a wide flaring rim. There are four horn-like lugs at the upper part of the body. It is made of a grayish clay with a lightly burnished, reddish-slipped exterior. This vessel closely resembles the pottery of Yortan Class B from the Troad, in Turkey.(1)
Sandy MacGillivray and Wendy Walker
(1) See Kiamil, Turhan, The Yortan Culture within the Early Bronze Age of Western Anatolia, PhD thesis, University of London, Institute of Archaeology, 1980, pp 89-90 Class B side-spouted jars, Fig. 79 nos. 18-20.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta spouted vessel with handle
- Period: Early Bronze Age
- Date: ca. 2700–2400 BCE
- Culture: Yortan
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: Height: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Width: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
Diameter of the rim: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) - Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Leonard N. Stern Collection, Loan from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture
- Object Number: L.2022.38.30
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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