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LOT 0044

Mycenaean Pottery Stirrup Jar

1400-1200 B.C.

3 1/2 in. (154 grams, 91 mm wide).

A pottery vessel formed with a squat carinated body, slender waisted neck and similar central stem with two flanking handles; painted geometric ornament composed of concentric bands and clusters of lines.

Provenance

with Christie's, London, South Kensington, 12 December 1989, lot 220.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 74.51.5905 and 74.51.768, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 0044

Mycenaean Pottery Stirrup Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430

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