1999.77: Stirrup Jar
Vessels
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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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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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