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African red-slip jug

A.D. 200–250
Place of ManufactureTunisia
Medium/TechniqueCeramic
DimensionsHeight: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineDora S. Pintner Fund
Accession number1983.515
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 8 King Street, St. James's, London, SW1Y 6QT (Christie's auction, December 16, 1982, lot 205); by 1983: with Galerie Gunter Puhze, Stadstrasse 28, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany; purchased by MFA from Galerie Gunter Puhze, December 7, 1983
Stirrup-Jar
1350–1230 B.C.
Lamp-filler (guttus) in the form of a satyr
second half of 4th century B.C.
Bucket (situla)
the Varrese Painter
about 350–340 B.C.
Oil flask (alabastron)
The Erlenmeyer Painter
about 600–575 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 72.1422, 1982.681
about 1365–1200 B.C.
Oil flask (squat alabastron)
about 1550–1490 B.C.