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Source Description
Small and portable, these jugs have been found throughout the lands surrounding Cyprus. Called Black-on-Red Ware, this attractive ceramic type comprises mostly small jugs. The red-brown slip has a polished, lustrous surface with simple geometric designs painted in black. The decoration of this pottery follows the "circle" style of the Bichrome Ware jugs.
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Document identity
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2957
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Globular Jug with Concentric Circle Decoration
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title
Globular Jug with Concentric Circle Decoration
description
Small and portable, these jugs have been found throughout the lands surrounding Cyprus. Called Black-on-Red Ware, this attractive ceramic type comprises mostly small jugs. The red-brown slip has a polished, lustrous surface with simple geometric designs painted in black. The decoration of this pottery follows the "circle" style of the Bichrome Ware jugs.
provenance
William H. Smith, Alexandria, VA; Walters Art Museum, 1973, by purchase.
date
8th-7th century BCE (Cypro-Archaic I)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
Jugs
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8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
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Cypriot
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6485
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none
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