Jug

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/4

Small ceramic wine jug (oinochoe), wheel-turned. Body is globular, with a tall neck and trefoil mouth, and a vertical loop handle attached at back of neck. Base is flat, with a low foot. Vessel has been painted to represent a bird, with a round eye on either side of the spout, and stylized feathers below the neck at front. Two line and dot motifs are painted to either side of the feathers, and a tail is painted below the striped handle.


  • Type of Item jug
  • Culture Cypriot
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 13.5 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 9.0 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner J.C. Gordon Brown, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
  • Received from Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

  • Made in Cyprus

  • Ownership Date before 2009, before September 22, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on September 22, 2014

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3076/0004