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Vessel with human form

Artist unknown2500–1800 BCE

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Round-bellied ceramic jar with two vertical handles. Such jars are identified as anthropomorphic vessels or face vases because of their sculptural decoration suggesting a human face and body. Multiple such vessels were found in the early Bronze Age houses of Troy, where they clearly belonged to the everyday tableware of the upper classes.

Details

  • Title: Vessel with human form
  • Creator: Artist unknown
  • Date Created: 2500–1800 BCE
  • Provenance: Schliemann Collection
  • Type: Pottery
  • Medium: Clay
  • Inv. no.: (MVF) Sch 1070
  • ISIL no.: DE-MUS-019212
  • External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Claudia Plamp
  • Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte | Schliemann-Sammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz

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