Terracotta vase with high foot and lug handles
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Technical analysis: Ultraviolet-induced visible light luminescence examination
This beautifully formed, handmade terracotta jar is intact except for minor chips and abrasions at the rim. Its hemispherical body, out splayed pedestalled base and broad conical collar with an everted rim derives from the Early Cycladic I footed collared jar, or kandila. It has two vertical pierced lugs diametrically placed at the top of the shoulder and two horizontal pierced lugs placed opposite each other midway up the inward sloping neck.
The dark reddish-brown clay is coated on the exterior with a beige slip, though the surface is worn away in some areas. There are also traces of possible root marks etched into the ceramic surface.
Sandy MacGillivray and Wendy Walker
(1) For a similar shape, see Thimme, Jürgen, ed. 1977. Art and Culture of the Cyclades: Handbook of an Ancient Civilisation. cat. no. 383, Karlsruhe: C. F. Müller, 1977.
This beautifully formed, handmade terracotta jar is intact except for minor chips and abrasions at the rim. Its hemispherical body, out splayed pedestalled base and broad conical collar with an everted rim derives from the Early Cycladic I footed collared jar, or kandila. It has two vertical pierced lugs diametrically placed at the top of the shoulder and two horizontal pierced lugs placed opposite each other midway up the inward sloping neck.
The dark reddish-brown clay is coated on the exterior with a beige slip, though the surface is worn away in some areas. There are also traces of possible root marks etched into the ceramic surface.
Sandy MacGillivray and Wendy Walker
(1) For a similar shape, see Thimme, Jürgen, ed. 1977. Art and Culture of the Cyclades: Handbook of an Ancient Civilisation. cat. no. 383, Karlsruhe: C. F. Müller, 1977.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta vase with high foot and lug handles
- Period: Early Cycladic II
- Date: ca. 2700–2400/2300 BCE
- Culture: Cycladic
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: Height: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
Width: 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
Diameter: 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm):
Thickness: 3/16 in. (.5 cm) - Classification: Terracottas
- Credit Line: Leonard N. Stern Collection, Loan from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture
- Object Number: L.2022.38.159
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art