Cleveland Museum of Art

Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar

Date

c. 1400–1300 BCE

Medium

ceramic

Culture

Greek, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA1-2b

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This shape was popular in its time as the amphora was several hundred years later, and probably served a similar function as a storage vessel. It was exported and imitated all over the Mediterranean world during the late Bronze Age.

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