Spouted Jug

Place of OriginPhrygia, from Asia Minor

Date700-675 BCE

Dimensionswith handle: 12 1/8 × 11 in. (30.8 × 27.9 cm)
Body without handle: 9 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (24.1 × 10.5 cm)
Rim: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

MediumSlip-decorated earthenware

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineGift of Duane Wilder

Object number

1980.1003

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic

Label TextThe Phrygians set up a kingdom in central Anatolia (modern Turkey) during the 8th century BCE under King Gordius, whose son was the legendary King Midas. They created sophisticated ceramic vessels that have been found buried in the graves of their most important citizens. These wares were wheel-thrown. The potter formed the main body of the vessel first, then added the spout and handle. Abstract, geometric designs were painted on before the vessel was fired in a kiln.Published ReferencesLuckner, Kurt, The Museum Collects: Treasures by Sculptors and Craftsmen, Toledo, 1980, pp. 4-5.

Boulter, Cedric and Kurt T. Luckner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, The Toledo Museum of Art fasc. 2, U.S.A. fasc. 20, Mainz, 1984, pl. 65, p. 4.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, "The Museum Collects: Treasures by Sculptors and Craftsmen," December 7, 1980 - January 25, 1981.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Starr, C.G., A History of the Ancient World, New York, 1965, pp. 103, 262 (for general information on the Phrygians).

cf. Bossert, H.T., Altanatolien, Berlin, 1942, pls, 1069-1074 (for the shape, ant to some extent the decoration).

cf. Akurgal, Phrygische Kunst, Au kara, 1955, pls. 26-27 (for this and comparable jugs).