Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar
Greek, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA1-2b · c. 1400–1300 BCE · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This shape was popular in its time as the amphora was several hundred years later, and probably served a similar function as a storage vessel. It was exported and imitated all over the Mediterranean world during the late Bronze Age.
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- Maker
- Greek, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA1-2b
- Date
- c. 1400–1300 BCE
- Medium
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); Overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Diameter of base: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- Greek
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of Leo Mildenberg
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0