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JugM1.72

Light orange-brown black-figure lekythos. Jug has a single handle and black designs, and is made with orange-brown clay, fine-grained with fine gold mica. The jug is covered with a light orange-brown wash, partially polished and thick glossy paint, mottled by misfiring. The tall thin ovoid body narrows towards the bottom and sits on a flat brown ring base. The shoulders slope in sharply to a low narrow neck and a trumpet mouth. The small vertical handle is attached at the neck and shoulder. The scene on the jug is in black and brown and contains a centaur, with bearded head, wearing a close fitting cap. Other images are worn but may include a seated female figure and a female head.

Culture
Greek
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Athens, Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.70

Lekythos vessel in fine-grained, light orange-buff clay. Black semi-lustrous glaze and red-brown and white thin matt paint. Low, plain ring foot, squat ovoid body narrowing towards top, short, very narrow neck, large trumpet mouth, vertical ribbon handle from neck to upper part of body. Background is black-glazed, mottled to red on mouth, black, vertical uneven strokes on neck, large palmette under handle, half-palmettes on body frame a female head in profile. Thick curly hair rendered in black is partially covered by a head-scarf. White dots on neck, ears, and in hair to indicate pearls. Facial details added in red-brown and black paint. Style is cursive and impressionistic.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Magna Graecia, Italy
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.69

Black-figure lekythos with single handle and orange-red ground. The jug is made with very fine-grained clay with fine gold mica, polished with red wash and painted with thick lustrous black paint. The tall ovoid body narrows towards the bottom and sits on a low ring black base and a short pedestal. The shoulders slope in sharply to a low narrow neck and a trumpet mouth. The small vertical handle is attached at the neck and shoulder. The rim, foot and lower portion of the body are solidly black. One scene on the flask is also in black. It depicts a heavily-draped Dionysos dancing between two draped maenads. There are two cordons crosses between the figures. There is a palmette on the shoulder.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Athens, Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.67

Black-figure, chimney-type lekythos. Light orange-brown, very fine-grained clay with fine gold mica. Orange wash on neck; balance is solid black except decoration area, which is thick lustrous black on white ground. Two-degree ring base; very small hollow beneath; tall, narrow, tapering tubular body; sharp shoulder carination. Tall narrow neck; flat everted chimney-type rim, single small handle. Decoration: below, one broad, two narrow black bands; above, three palmettes set sideways. Scene depicts a warrior departing in chariot, behind which are a male and female (who wears chiton and himation). Seated on backless stool in front of chariot is draped figure holding reversed spear.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Athens, Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.40

Clay jug consisting of a grey-buff, coarse-grained clay with very gritty feel, full of large white limestone particles and smaller dark grits, visible on the surface. Dark grey-brown, thin matt paint. Flat, slightly raised base, globular body, trefoil rim, short neck, flattened vertical strap handle attached to rim and upper portion of body. Decoration of body consists of three groups, each consisting of two circles made up of a dot surrounded by three concentric rings broadening from interior to exterior. There is a broad band at junction of body and spout, lines on handle and a band with pendant eyes at the rim.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Ormidia, Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.39

Jug made of red, gritty clay and covered in a cream slip. Red-brown, thin, matt paint is used to decorate. Rounded base and a globular body with a straight neck. On top is a beaked mouth with a vertical handle from the rim to the shoulder; lugs on either side of neck near top and at base of neck opposite handle. Decoration consists of horizontal, parallel lines on neck and handle, on the body groups of oblique lines and on the base, three groups of three parallel lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugAf436 a-b

Dark brown to black jug with a semi-gloss, smooth surface. Short neck separates large round body from cup-shaped mouth. Handle extends from shoulder to lip. Jug is decorated with incised lines wrapped horizontally around top half of body, and interrupted by sections of curved lines running from the neck, and shoulder junction to the base. Other straight and curving lines decorate the neck, handle, and mouth. Ring base. Flanged stopper (part b) with projecting top sits in recessed opening of mouth.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugCe211

Long-necked small lekythos made of light red clay with a reddish slip. The handle is thin and oval shaped; funnel-shaped neck and a deep flaring mouth. Flat, disc shaped base. The body is decorated with a crisscross pattern; white spots on handle side.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugCe210

Small squat lekythos with a palmette design in black. Jug has a foot, rounded sides, a thin neck and a handle extending from the neck to the shoulder.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugCe209

Small squat lekythos with a flaring mouth, a thin tubular neck, a rounded body, and a short foot, and a handle that extends from the base of the mouth to the shoulder. Painted witha palmette motif in black.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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