Légende

Jug with a figurine of a woman with a jug. Cypriot pottery, female figurine applique. Jug on a foot resembling an inverted echinus with a belly widening by convex shoulders, separated from a cylindrical neck with a straight spout. A two-part vise connects the neck with the shoulders; on the side opposite the vise is the bust of a woman holding a jug. Decoration in white and black paint: the belly at its widest point and along one-third of its height is decorated with alternating white and black concentric bands. Beneath the vise, a wavy black stripe extends onto the shoulders on both sides. On both shoulders are two birds among plants, a row of dots and a concentric stripe at the base of the neck; a branch with leaves encircles the neck above, and black triangles on a white background decorate the edge. Date: 480–400 BC Cypriot — Classical Period I. Origin: Arsinoe Marion. Vessel. Height 35 cm, width 19 cm, weight 1.72 kg., A single ceramic vessel with a rounded body that tapers to a narrow foot and extends upward into a tall cylindrical neck with a vertical double handle running from neck to shoulder; the surface shows a base color of reddish-orange with several horizontal bands in dark brown and lighter reddish-beige encircling the body, and a dark brown sinuous decorative motif near the shoulder; the vessel surface has scattered small pale spots and areas of wear, and the background is a flat neutral gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A01_353

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.7Mo (2.3Mo) / 33.9cm x 50.8cm / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Jug figurine woman jug Cypriot pottery female figurine applique foot resembling inverted echinus belly widening convex shoulders separated cylindrical neck straight spout two-part vise connects neck shoulders side opposite vise bust woman holding Decoration white black paint belly widest point -third height decorated alternating white black concentric bands Beneath wavy black stripe extends sides two birds plants row dots concentric stripe base branch leaves encircles black triangles white background decorate edge Date 480–400 BC Cypriot Classical Period I Origin Arsinoe Marion Vessel Height 35 cm width 19 cm weight 1.72 kg single ceramic vessel rounded body tapers narrow foot extends upward tall cylindrical neck vertical double handle running shoulder surface base color reddish-orange several horizontal bands dark brown lighter reddish-beige encircling body dark brown sinuous decorative motif near vessel surface scattered small pale spots areas wear background flat neutral gray.