Jug Item Number: M1.76 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mug made of red, fine-grained, hard-fired clay; glaze over surface. Black paint. Low ring foot; globular body; short cylindrical neck; pinched rim to form a trefoil mouth; vertical grooved handle from rim to shoulder. Decoration consists of two bands on neck and at junction of neck and body. One horizontal group of circles on shoulder intersects with a vertical group on each face. Subsidiary decoration consists of small concentric circles placed in the field and lines on handle and around lip. In upper area opposite handle are three long crossing lines.
History Of Use
For storing and pouring liquids.
Narrative
Black-on-red II (IV) Ware. Cypro-Archaic II.
Item History
- Made in Cyprus between 601 BCE and 476 BCE
- Collected during 1914
- Owned by Sid Leary before 1950
- Owned by Florence Leary between 1950 and June 1957
- Received from Florence Leary (Donor) during June 1957
What
Who
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Previous Owner
- Sid Leary and Florence Leary
- Received from
- Florence Leary (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cyprus
When
- Creation Date
- between 601 BCE and 476 BCE
- Collection Date
- during 1914
- Ownership Date
- before 1950 and between 1950 and June 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during June 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 96
- Accession Number
- 2189/0075