Vases Oinochoe Jug with Bird
Jug with Bird

Jug with Bird

Oinochoe · 10th-9th century BCE
Iron age Bichrome IV ware. Creamy clay with black and red decoration. Sides decorated as a barrel jug. Bird and small swastikas on front panel below neck. Flared mouth, rounded body, ring foot and double handle. Around lip, groups of lines. On neck bands, stripes, and broad wavy line. Outside of handle painted in red and brown. Vessel was broken and mended below the attachment of the handle.
Shape
Period
Iron Age
Date
10th-9th century BCE
Culture
Cypriot
Dimensions
H: 24.70 cm W: 15.00 cm
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1953.117
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)