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Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar

Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar

c. 1400–1300 BCE
ceramic
Diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); Overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Diameter of base: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Gift of Leo Mildenberg 1978.60
Location: not on view

Description

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.
  • 1978-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Boulter, C. G, Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, [united States of America], The Cleveland Museum of Art. Fasc. 35. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1971. Mentioned: P. 20, Pl. 56.5-6; Reproduced: Pl. 56.5-6
    Kozloff, Arielle P. Classical Art: A Brief Guide to the Collection, the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Museum, 1989. p. 1
  • Year in Review: 1978. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).
  • {{cite web|title=Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar|url=false|author=|year=c. 1400–1300 BCE|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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