Jug
MS2302
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2302 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria (uncertain) |
| Manufacture Location | South Italy |
| Date Made | 399-300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Griffin |
| Description | Spreading foot; spherical body; constricted, cylindrical neck encircled by a collar below and a ring above; griffin head with open mouth; handle rising without an arch from shoulder to back of head griffin, cylindrical in section. Handle mended in three places. Ears and top knot of griffin missing, vertical crack in front. Otherwise intact. Very high quality blond clay, fine grained. |
| Height | 42.16 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | unknown - Coleman Sale Number |
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