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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.52
Title
Squat Globular Stirrup Jar
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1200-1100 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIC
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292922

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
9.5 x 13 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.52
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Handles are painted red, with reserved triangles. The top disc has concentric circles and large dot in the center. There are bands of paint link the spout with the false spout. 2 thick concentric bands frame 3 thinner ones on shouler and belly. Hollowed bottom. Red-brown clay, slipped, with red paint. Some of surface is pitted and slip is chipped.

Exhibition History

  • Man in the Bronze Age, Chapel Arts Center, Manchester, 01/01/1970 - 01/30/1970; Brandeis University, Waltham, 02/09/1970 - 02/27/1970

Verification Level

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