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Stirrup jug
Cypriote
Bronze Age, Late Cypriote III Period
about 1150–1050 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Proto-White Painted Ware
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. .155 D. .126 m.
Credit Line
Sarah Elizabeth Simpson Fund
Accession Number16.190
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 146.
DescriptionReddish clay with buff slip. Globular body; false neck with opposite strap handles; round vertical spout inserted near top of body; airhole in top of body opposite the spout; small foot. Decoration in dull brown to black; on spout and body below it encircling lines and bands; on upper part of body four triangles with lines radiating from spots in center and horizontal lines across the top; ladder pattern on handles.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Cesnola Collection; by date unknown: Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection; purchased by MFA from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (duplicate from Cesnola Collection), January 1916, for $ 51.88 (this is the total price of MFA 16.166-16.193)