Description:

Greece, Mycenaean Period, Late Bronze Age II, ca. 1450 to 1200 BCE. A truly beautiful and ancient pottery vessel with wave patterns around the body, three loop handles (one now gone) and a rounded, flared rim. The vessel also has banded decoration in umber pigment on a creamy background. This period is so named for the palace at Mycenae, famed in Homeric legend as the opulent seat of King Agamemnon - excavations there 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 jar 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. This is a wonderfully preserved example of this lost past. Size: 7.5" W x 5.75" H (19 cm x 14.6 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Brooklyn NY Collection, acquired from a deceased estate

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  • Condition: Surface spalls, one handle gone, and painted decoration abraded

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