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Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

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LOT 0033

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

LATE HELLADIC IIIB, 1300-1200 B.C.

5 7/8 in. (280 grams, 15 cm).

With small flared foot, broad body and rounded shoulder, everted rim and two loop handles to the shoulder; painted bands of linear ornament.

Provenance

Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 2000s.
European private collection.

Literature

Cf. Biers, W.R., The archaeology of Greece: an introduction, Ithaca-London, 1987, p.84, for identical piriform jar.

Footnotes

Deposits from Mycenae, Korakou and Nichoria are relatively rich in painted jugs, small stirrup and piriform jars. The pattern usually employed on piriform jars preserves a rim decoration of short strokes, neck being solidly painted. Following an usual syntax, a line group appears on the upper shoulder below the neck. Bases are solidly painted, except for an occasional thin reserved area on the lower base edge.

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LOT 0033

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300

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