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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.77
Title
Stirrup Jar
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1190 BCE-1050 BCE
Period
Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIC
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194482

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, bichrome brown and light brown on white buff
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
10.5 x 26.7 cm (4 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lennihan, Jr., Dr. Winifred Parker and the David M. Robinson Fund
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.77
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two ships and two argonauts (one simply the shell) on shoulder. Conical top-disc has concentric circles and dot. Body is painted with concentric circles as is under the base. Spout and false spout looped with thick band of paint. A thin band loops the handles. Dots and triangular derivative filling ornament at the neck. Top-disc chipped, large crack, very faded, encrusted.

Publication History

  • [Reproduction Only], Persephone, ed. Courtney Dungan, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2000, p. 67

Verification Level

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