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Beaked Jug
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Beaked ceramic jug with ovoid body which tapers slightly towards base and diminutive, stirrup-shaped handle. Two identical closely-spaced protrusions at base of vessel below the beak may indicate a pair of feet.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Offered by Ms. Ann B. Goodman. This vessel has been in the collection of the donor since the 1960s.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Ann B. Goodman 1953
Title: Beaked Jug
Description:
Beaked ceramic jug with ovoid body which tapers slightly towards base and diminutive, stirrup-shaped handle.
Two identical closely-spaced protrusions at base of vessel below the beak may indicate a pair of feet.
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