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Miniature Stirrup Jar

c. 1350–1300 BCE

Cyprus, late Helladic III A2

Medium
Cypro-Mycenaean ware
Measurements
Diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); Overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); Diameter of base: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1916.2002
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Not on view
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A tan and reddish-brown ceramic stirrup jar features a globular body tapering to a small disk base. Two handles arc from the shoulder to a central solid protrusion. Beside them, a narrow spout with a flared rim rises vertically. Horizontal bands of reddish-brown paint encircle the vessel, alternating between wide stripes and clusters of thin lines. Surface wear reveals the light clay beneath these repetitive linear patterns.

Miniature Stirrup Jar

c. 1350–1300 BCE

Cyprus, late Helladic III A2

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