Fragmentary faience stirrup jar, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot — Fragmentary faience stirrup jar, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1600–1050 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5071.Open Access by the MET

Late Bronze Age II

Fragmentary faience stirrup jar

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)

Classification

Object type: Faience object
Shape: JarStirrup jar
Material: Glass and faienceFaience
Period: Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date: 1600 - 1050 BC
Findspot: Idalion

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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.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.5071, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 1571

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