MYCENAEAN POTTERY JAR WITH BICHROME STRIPES

Ca. 1400 - 1300 BC An elegant wheel-thrown Mycenaean pottery jar known as a pithos with a petite discoid base which gradually expands into an inverted piriform body with a sloped shoulder and a squat neck. The jar has a trio of applied loop handles spaced equidistantly around the shoulder. An attractive red-brown colour is applied atop the cream-slipped base in concentric rings of varying widths around the foot, lower body, and rim. An intersecting ladder-form bar motif is painted across the shoulder. For similar see. MET Museum Accession Number: 74.51.762.
Size: 230mm x 200mm; Weight: 1.12kg
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
500
Estimate: GBP 750 - 1500