Fragmentary faience stirrup jar - image 1

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)

Date

1600 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5071

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.