Mycenaean piriform jar from Cyprus

Classification

piriform jar

Culture

Mycenaean

Dimensions

height: 16,8 cm, diameter (mouth): 9.25 cm

Date

1370–1330 B.C.

Period

Late Helladic Period (1700/1600–1100); Mycenaean Period (1600–1100)

Material

clay

Iconography

striped decoration ; scales

Production place

Cyprus?

Findspot

Cyprus

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Zichy, Ferenc Collection

Inventory

51.11

ID

Hyp-80

References

Csornay 2000, 47, no. 70, pls. XX, XLIV; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 16; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 17; Haas-Lebegyev–Márton, CVA Hongrie 3, 27–28, pl. 4.5–6