Campanian Pottery - Black Gloss Ware: Gloss Jug
Inv. No.: 91.009
Provenance: Campania
Date: 3rd century BC
Height: 131mm
Diameter: 94mm
Gift of Dr Joc Tranberg.
This plain black jug has a tall, cylindrical neck, a flaring lip with a beveled edge, a flat shoulder and a wide body with a high belly. The body slopes down to meet a small, flaring foot. The strap handle is slightly rounded and is grooved on its outer surface. It passes from the top of the neck to the shoulder. The black is dull and very worn in places revealing orange-buff clay.
Function:
A jug used for pouring liquids.
Manufacture:
A wheel-thrown and turned vase with a hand-made handle.
Bibliography:
Beazley, J. D., Etruscan Vase-Painting, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1947, Chapter XIII ("Black Vases, Etruscan and Latin"), 231-280 (some discussion of Campanian vases).
Elliott, M., "Black-Glazed Pottery", Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Sweden 4, Stockholm 2 (1995), 59-60.
Hayes, J. W., Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum: A Catalogue, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1984, 72.
Comparanda:
Rocco, A., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Italia 22, Napoli 2 (undated), IV, E, Tavola 14, 1 (comparable vase, but narrower body and no pronounced shoulder).
Sparkes, B. A. and L. Talcott, The Athenian Agora: Volume XII. Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th and 4th centuries BC: Part 2, Princeton, New Jersey, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1970, Plate 10, 188 (Attic miscellaneous round-mouth oinochoe).