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THBHuge Decorated Mycenaean Terracotta Amphora - Sotheby's
Lot 17
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Artemis Fine Arts
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
Classical Greece, Mycenae, ca. 14th century BCE. This jar is an unusually large and rare example of a Mycenaean amphora. It is made from terracotta and decorated with classic Mycenaean banded lines and abstract floral motifs. It has three looped handles on the shoulders, each adorned in black along with a flaring neck and broad flat rim. Some authors have suggested that the designs on them denote their location; for example, jars depicting octopi may represent trade goods taken from the island of Crete during the Mycenaean period. Size: 10" W x 12.5" H (25.4 cm x 31.8 cm)
Terracotta stirrup jars first appeared in Crete in the 16th century BCE and became popular with the Mycenaeans in the 14th century BCE after they conquered Minoan Crete. During the 14th century BCE, they were the most produced pottery type in Mycenae. Amphorae such as this were most often used to store wine and oil and were crucial to trade in the Aegean. Museum collections around the world include ancient Greek amphora like this incredible example: the British Museum, the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty, and many others.
Provenance: ex Royal Athena Galleries; ex Sotheby's, New York, USA, June 12 2003, lot 1; Private European Collection
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#162411Remarkably intact and near choice. Minor surface spalls and deposits.Condition
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