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Stirrup jar
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Stirrup jar

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureMycenaean
Dateca. 1350-1200 BC
MediumTerracotta
Dimensionsheight: 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm)
max. diameter: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
foot diameter: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number85.106.1.b
Geography
Probable place madeGreece
DescriptionStirrup jar decorated with horizontal lines and bands around the body, and stem and tongue patterns on the shoulder.Label Text[Group label, 85.106.1.a-g] This group of vases includes two shapes, the stirrup jar and the kylix (or drinking cup), that are typical of Mycenaean pottery production in the Late Bronze Age. The stirrup jar takes its name from the two stirrup-like handles behind the spout. These jars served as containers for olive oil or perfume. One of the cups in this group (85.106.1g) imitates a Cypriot type and may have been made on mainland Greece specifically for export to Cyprus. (Lynley McAlpine, 2019)Provenancesold by Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1985Published ReferencesH.A. Shapiro, C. Picon and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995), p. 47, no. 6b
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Stirrup jar
Culture: Mycenaean
ca. 1350-1200 BC
Miniature stirrup jar
Miniature stirrup jar
Culture: Mycenaean
ca. 1350-1200 BC
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Stirrup jar
Culture: Mycenaean
ca. 1350-1200 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Joan Brown Winter.
Small jar (amphoriskos)
Culture: Etruscan
7th century B.C.
Image Not Available for Stemmed kylix (drinking cup)
Stemmed kylix (drinking cup)
Culture: Mycenaean
ca. 1350-1200 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Peter Sharrer.
Stirrup jar
Culture: Mycenaean
ca. 1400-1300 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Amphora (jar)
Culture: Greek
8th century B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Joan Brown Winter.
Aryballos (oil flask)
Culture: Etruscan
7th century B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Amphora (jar) with a goat
Culture: East Greek
ca. 600 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Jar with a floral pattern
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 1390-1295 B.C.
Three-handled jar
Three-handled jar
Culture: Mycenaean
ca. 1400 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Stirrup Jar
Culture: Minoan
ca. 1300-1200 B.C.

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