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Lot 74

A Mycenaean pottery stirrup-jar

7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Mycenaean pottery stirrup-jar
Circa 1300-1190 B.C.
Decorated in ochre, the central false spout with concentric rings, the shoulder with arched degenerate floral ornament, the globular body with encircling bands, 16.5cm high

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Provenance:
with John Cummings Ltd., Lincolnshire.
Private collection, UK, acquired from the above 28 January 1997.

Such vessels were used to hold liquids such as oil or water. For a stirrup jar with similar degenerate floral ornament in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 74.51.748

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