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Source Description
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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Document identity
localId
149407
label
Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
149407
contentType
object
title
Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar
description
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.
date
c. 1400–1300 BCE
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79930629
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Ceramic
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); Overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Diameter of base: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
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Greek, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA1-2b
accession
1978.6
Source extras
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ceramic
tombstone
Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar, c. 1400–1300 BCE. Greek, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA1-2b. Ceramic; diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.); diameter of base: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leo Mildenberg, 1978.60
collection
GR - Greek
citations
citation
Boulter, C. G, Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, [united States of America], The Cleveland Museum of Art. Fasc. 35.</em> Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1971.
page_number
Mentioned: P. 20, Pl. 56.5-6; Reproduced: Pl. 56.5-6
citation
Kozloff, Arielle P. <em>Classical Art: A Brief Guide to the Collection, the Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland]: The Museum, 1989.
page_number
p. 1
creditline
Gift of Leo Mildenberg
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:41:34.568000
sourceId
149407
dept
Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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ceramic
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1
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0
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photo
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