ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Jug in the Form of the Head of an Indigenous African
AAT Object Form/Functionhead-vases
Place CreatedTunisia, Africa
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date3rd Century CE
MediumTerracotta
Credit LineMonique Brouillet Seefried Fund
Dimensions7/8 x 4 15/16 in. (2.2 x 12.6 cm)
Object number1996.010.004
Exhibition HistoryFragments of the Roman Past: North African Red Slip Ware from the William Knight Zewadski Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 19 - May 29, 1994MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, June 1994 - May 2004
Published ReferencesHarlan J. Berk, Ltd., Ancient Art 59 (1989), number 649.
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Ancient Art (1992), number 83B.
ProvenanceEx London art market. With Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, from at least 1989. Ex coll. William Knight Zewadski, United States, purchased from Berk, November 8, 1993. Purchased by MCCM from Zewadski.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
5th-4th Century BCE
late 4th Century BCE
6th Century BCE
3rd Century CE
3rd Century CE
Navigius Workshop
late 3rd-early 4th Century CE
2nd-3rd Century CE
2nd-3rd Century CE
