1960.254: Globular Squat Stirrup Jar (Restored)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.254

Title

Globular Squat Stirrup Jar (Restored)

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1375-1300 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia

Period

Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA

Culture

Mycenaean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/291028

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

H. 8.7 D. 11.2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Formerly in the collection of David Moore Robinson. Reporedly from Cornith.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.254

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Globular squat stirrup jar, spout missing, hole and large crack in belly. Hollowed Flat base. 2 rows of // chevrons on shoulder. Thin concentric cirlces between thicker bands around body. quirk derrivative around belly. Flat top-disc with concentric circles. Brown glaze on buff slip.

Publication History

• Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 8, no. 7

Exhibition History

• The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

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