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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Stirrup Jar with Geometric Decoration
(Ancient Greece )
This jar is named for its handle, which resembles a stirrup. Originally created in Crete in the 16th century BC, the stirrup jar was extremely popular throughout the Aegean region for both storage and transport and became the most characteristic Mycenaean vessel type. The simple decoration looks forward to the Geometric style, which began in 10th-century BC Greece.
Provenance
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E. Hollis Hopkins, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1955, by purchase.
Geographies
Greece, Crete (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1955
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2084