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Purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund.
Jug
Purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund.

Jug

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureCypriot
Dateca. 1450-1200 B.C.
MediumFired clay
Dimensionsh. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
body diam. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund
Object number2017.4.1
Geography
Place made
DescriptionJug with a bulbous body and a single handle that attaches to neck below the flaring lip. Decorated with dark brown geometric patterns, including clustered horizontal lines on the neck and ladder and lozenge patterns on the body, over a white slip (White Slip II ware).Label TextLabel for 2017.4.1 and 2017.4.2: In the Late Bronze Age, Cypriot potters made vessels like these, decorated with geometric patterns that remained popular for several hundred years. Used on Cyprus as tableware and placed in tombs, this pottery was also widely exported around the Eastern Mediterranean: similar vessels have been found in present-day Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, the Aegean islands, and mainland Greece. These two vessels were part of a vast collection of ancient Cypriot objects assembled from sites on the island by Luigi Palma di Cesnola, the United States consul to Cyprus, between 1868 and 1874. (Jessica Powers, 2018)Provenanceacquired in Cyprus by Luigi Palma de Cesnola (1832-1904), 1868-1873; sold by Luigi Palma de Cesnola to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1874; sold by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, to Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 1916 (accession no. 1916.121); deaccessioned by the Toledo Museum of Art, 2017; sold by Harlan J. Berk, Chicago, to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2017
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San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund.
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ca. 1450-1200 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund.
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Culture: Greek
ca. 750-700 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Estate of Dr. Milton Jacobs.
Oil bottle (lekythos) with lozenge pattern
Culture: Greek
early 5th century B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Scott M. Smith.
Bottle
Culture: Roman
1st-2nd century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Leonara and Walter Brown. Photography by Peggy Tenison.
Jug
Culture: Iranian
13th century
Red polished ware bowl with lug handles
Red polished ware bowl with lug handles
Culture: Cypriot
ca. 2700-1900 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with Endowment Funds.
Standing Female Figure
Unknown
Culture: Chupícuaro
ca. 500-100 B.C.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
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Culture: Egyptian
ca. 3900-3500 B.C.
Image Not Available for Canteen with Two Applied Monkeys
Canteen with Two Applied Monkeys
Unknown
Culture: Chancay
ca. A.D. 800-1200
Oil flask (aryballos) with an ox's head between birds
Oil flask (aryballos) with an ox's head between birds
Attributed to the Basel Ox-Head Painter
Culture: Greek
ca. 600 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Joan Brown Winter.
Trozzella (jar)
Culture: South Italian
late 4th-early 3rd century B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Jug with Pairs of Birds
Unknown
12th-13th century

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