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Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar

Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar

c. 1400–1300 BCE
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.
Date
c. 1400–1300 BCE
Culture
Greek, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA1-2b
Dimensions
H: 17.80 cm
Medium
ceramic
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession Number
1978.60
Image Source
cleveland_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)