Bowdoin College Museum of Art | - One-Handled Mug with Birds (Ducks or Herons?)

Preview image of work. clay, One-Handled Mug with Birds (Ducks or Herons?) 1304

1915.31

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One-Handled Mug with Birds (Ducks or Herons?)

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Artist

Artist Unidentified

Title

One-Handled Mug with Birds (Ducks or Herons?)

Creation Date

750 BCE - 725 BCE

Century

8th century BCE

Dimensions

3 9/16 in. x 1 5/16 in. x 2 3/4 in. (9 cm. x 3.4 cm. x 7 cm.)

Object Type

ceramic

Creation Place

Europe, Greece

Medium and Support

clay

Credit Line

Gift of Edward Perry Warren, Esq., Honorary Degree, 1926

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1915.31

The elegant form of this vessel with its flaring rim and single looped handle embodies the stylistic traditions coming from the Near East into the Greek world. The Assyrian Empire regulated trade in the eastern Mediterranean during this period of the 8th through 7th centuries BCE and helped shape the styles adopted by Greek artists.

Additional Media

front view

left side view with handle

side view with handle