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Black-Gloss Mug

Black-Gloss Mug

late 400s–300s BCE
ceramic
Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.); Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); Diameter of foot: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Anonymous gift in honor of the Museum's seventy-fifth anniversary 1991.167
Location: 102D Pre-Roman

Did You Know?

The black-gloss finish of this mug derives from fired clay slip, not black pigment.

Description

Nearly cylindrical with a vertical ring handle, this vessel looks like a modern cup for tea or coffee—drinks not known in the classical world. Although the shape is unusual for an ancient drinking vessel, other examples exist, and the manufacture is typical. Turned on a wheel, the cup has a flat base and seven applied fillets adorning the exterior. Its black-gloss coating derives from the same firing technology used for black-figure and red-figure decoration.
  • 1991-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Beazley Archive. n.d. Beazley Archive Pottery Database. Oxford: Beazley Archive. BAPD 1002953 www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
    Sotheby's (Firm). Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Western Asiatic Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art. 1991. no. 76
    Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993) p. 65, no. 9 www.jstor.org
    Neils, Jenifer, and Gisela Walberg. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. p. 61, pl. 105.5
  • Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
  • {{cite web|title=Black-Gloss Mug|url=false|author=|year=late 400s–300s BCE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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