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THBVery Large Greek Mycenaean Pottery Stirrup Jar w/ TL
Lot 15
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA2, ca. 1375 to 1300 BCE. A gorgeous and sizable wheel-thrown pottery jar with a petite flared foot, a broad spherical body with a smooth shoulder, a pair of arching handles conjoined along the edges of a central discoid handle, and a squat spout with a flared lip protruding from the side. The cream-slipped vessel is elegantly decorated with dark-brown pigment forming slender circles which are separate along the upper body but but merge more to create a denser appearance on the lower body. Additional brown pigment creates frets along the handles, a loose spiral on the central disc, and two pairs of tight coils along the shoulder. An exceedingly rare example at a substantial size! Size: 10.8" W x 10.2" H (27.4 cm x 25.9 cm).
This period is so named for the palace at Mycenae, famed in Homeric legend as the opulent seat of King Agamemnon. Excavations at the palace at Mycenae revealed an elite and long-lasting society with a great deal of wealth. This extended to the workshops of artisans who produced pottery like this vessel both for use in Greece and throughout the Mediterranean world; shiploads of similar jars went out as far as the Levant and Spain, carrying oil, wine, and other commodities.
For a stylistically-similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 74.51.760: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/240347
Another stylistically-similar example of a slightly-smaller size hammered for $9,375 at Christie's, New York Antiquities auction (sale 2565, June 8, 2012, lot 55): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/ancient-art-antiquities/a-mycenaean-pottery-stirrup-jar-late-helladic-5567195-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5567195&sid=a337711c-d583-4236-9851-e53b07f746a8
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private Connecticut, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s
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#145875Repaired from multiple large pieces with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Small nicks and abrasions to base, body, handles, and spout, with light encrustations in some recessed areas, and scattered areas of pitting. Light earthen deposits and manganese blooms throughout. Nice craquelure to some areas of original pigmentation. Two drill holes: one beneath foot, and one inside repaired area on discoid handle.Condition
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