Terracotta stirrup jar
Large numbers of Mycenaean vases inundated the Cypriot market starting at the beginning of the fourteenth century B.C., perhaps as a result of intensive trade relations between the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean regions. The stirrup jar is one of the most common Mycenaean shapes used to contain liquids such as oil or wine. It is possible, however, that some of the vases, especially those made in the thirteenth century B.C., may have been made by Mycenaean potters working on Cyprus. It is now also well documented that clay was traded in antiquity.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta stirrup jar
- Period: Late Bronze Age
- Date: ca. 1300–1230 BCE
- Culture: Mycenaean
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: H.: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.770
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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