Fragmentary faience stirrup jar
Description: | The handles and spout of this stirrup jar are missing. The shape is characteristically Mycenaean Greek, but the use of faience reflects Egyptian influence. 2 5/16in. (5.9cm) Other: 3 1/2in. (8.9cm) |
Period: | Late Bronze Age II |
Date: | 1600 - 1050 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Said to have been found in a tomb near Dali (Idalion), Cyprus |
References: | Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1571, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Foster, Karen Polinger. 1979. Aegean Faience of the Bronze Age. p. 52, n. 339, New Haven: Yale University Press. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5071 |