Jug
Jug
Place of OriginPersia (Iran)
Date1300-1350
Dimensions10 5/8 × 6 5/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (27 × 16.8 × 7.3 × 6.9 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1921.70
Not on View
DescriptionBulbous jug with tall neck and handle, decorated with flying phoenixes on a dense background of large leaves. On the shoulder, there is an illegible inscription below a stiffly stylized Chinese lotus flower. Coarse earthenware with greenish-black painting under a thick colorless glaze.
1300-1350
17th century
17th century
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
13th century
Third to first century BCE
1573-1619
13th century
First half of the first century
4th century CE
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