Vessel
Jug, stirrup handle, painted.with a design of two running messengers, in full regalia, carrying weapons and wearing elaborate puma-head helmets. The area between the warriors is filled with the spreading wints fanning out behind each body. The design is in rust red on a cream slip, and the red is used on a series of double lines decorating the spout and the stirrup handle. Handle repaired.
Something inside of jug, perhaps loose debris.
- Date
- c. 400 BCE - 599 CE
- In our collection
- since June the 24th, 2017 up to now
- Dimensions
- 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
- Location
- G260
- Medium
- Clay, pigments
- Price
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- Composition
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zinc 46% copper 15% atium 8% cadmium 3% oxygen 28%