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Spouted cup
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Spouted cup

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureMycenaean
Dateca. 1350-1200 BC
MediumTerracotta
Dimensionsheight at rim: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
height incl. handle: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
rim diameter: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number85.106.1.f
Geography
Probable place madeGreece
DescriptionA shallow spouted cup with a high-swung handle, decorated with bands on the body and handle, dashes on the rim, and bands on the interior.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, 1985Exhibition History"Mediterraneo--Egipto, Grecia y Roma: Vidrio, Escultura y Relieves de la Antiguedad Clasica," Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico, April 27-Nov. 7, 2004Published ReferencesH.A. Shapiro, C. Picon and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995), pp. 47-48, no. 6f
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Cup
Culture: Cypro-Mycenaean
ca. 1350-1200 BC
Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Storage jar (pithos)
Culture: Minoan
18th-17th century B.C.
The Robert K. Winn Collection.
Double-spouted bridge vessel in the form of a male porter
Unknown
Culture: Lima-Nievería/Provincial Wari
ca. A.D. 600-1000
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Stemmed kylix (drinking cup)
Culture: Mycenaean
ca. 1350-1200 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, Bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Cup with komasts and a krater
Hunt Painter
Culture: Greek
ca. 545 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Kotyle (drinking cup) and lid
Culture: Greek
ca. 675 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund.
Cup (skyphos)
Culture: Greek
ca. 750-700 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Estate of Dr. Milton Jacobs.
Single-handed cup
Culture: Minoan
ca. 1500-1400 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Cup fragment with the Minotaur
Attributed to the Briseis Painter
Culture: Greek
ca. 470 B.C.
Drinking cup (stemless kylix) with laurel wreath and swan
Drinking cup (stemless kylix) with laurel wreath and swan
Culture: South Italian
mid-4th century B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Cup with palmettes and lotus buds
Culture: Greek
ca. 530 B.C.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume or oil bottle
Culture: Greek
late 6th-5th century B.C.

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