Mycenaean pottery stirrup jar
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Object number
AR2978
| Object: |
Mycenaean pottery stirrup jar
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| Material: |
Pottery.
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| Period: |
C. 1400 BC to 1300 BC. Peak of mycenaean pottery production and wide spread trade. Late Bronze Age. |
| Description: |
Jar with globular body and a decoration of encircling umber bands fired orange in places. With spout and originally also with central strap handle that is now missing for the most part. This is a very characteristic type of vessel for the Mycenaean civilization in Bronze Age Greece.
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| Dimensions: |
9,4cm height. 9,2cm diameter.
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| Condition: |
Strap handle broken off and missing. Small restored hole in the bottom. Otherwise well preserved including large parts of the original paint.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2017 from the German private estate of C. Burgdorff, inherited in 1994 with the collection of his father Hans-Guenther Burgdorff. H.-G. Burgdorff bought the piece in the 1940ies in Greece. It remained in the familiy collection in Germany since then.
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| References: |
Cf. a very similar piece at Bonhams New Bond Street, Antiquities, 3 July 2019, lot 46.
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| Literature: |
R. Higgins, Minoan and Mycenaean Art (1977).
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| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
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