Fragmentary faience stirrup jar

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