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Stirrup jar

Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan III A:1 Period

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.571
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 072.
DescriptionBügelkanne. Globular with low foot. Decoration in reddish brown paint, horizontal bands. A band of zig-zags around shoulder. On upper part various curvilinear designs.
ProvenanceAccording to Fairbanks, Catalogue: from Episkopi, Crete; Sent by the Candia Museum in recognition of a gift from Mrs. T. James Bowlker for the excavations by Richard B. Seager; gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker to MFA, December 29, 1909