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Cup
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Cup

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureCypro-Mycenaean
Dateca. 1350-1200 BC
MediumTerracotta
Dimensionsheight: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
width incl. handles: 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm)
rim diameter: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
foot diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number85.106.1.g
Geography
Probable place madeCyprus
DescriptionA conical cup with a vertical handle on the bowl and two horizontal loop handles on the rim. Around the foot and below the handle are several dark bands. On the body are two wavy lines. Around the rim are a dark band and dashes, and there is another dark band at the top of 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. 6g
On view
Collections
Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Storage jar (pithos)
Culture: Minoan
18th-17th century B.C.
Image Not Available for Stemmed kylix (drinking cup)
Stemmed kylix (drinking cup)
Culture: Mycenaean
ca. 1350-1200 BC
Image Not Available for Spouted cup
Spouted cup
Culture: Mycenaean
ca. 1350-1200 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, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Cylindrical pyxis (box) with lid
Culture: Greek
ca. 700 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
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume or oil bottle
Culture: Greek
late 6th-5th 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, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Cup (kotyle-pyxis)
Culture: Greek
ca. 600 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund.
Tankard
Culture: Greek
ca. 750-700 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Amphora (jar)
Culture: Cypriot
ca. 650-550 B.C.
Perfume or oil bottle
Perfume or oil bottle
late 6th-5th century B.C.

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