Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles
Late Helladic IIIB, 1300-1200 B.C. With small flared foot, broad body and rounded shoulder, everted rim and two loop handles to the shoulder; painted bands of linear ornament. Cf. Biers, W.R., The archaeology of Greece: an introduction, Ithaca-London, 1987, p.84, for identical piriform jar. 280 grams, 15 cm (5 7/8 in.).

Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 2000s.European private collection.

Deposits from Mycenae, Korakou and Nichoria are relatively rich in painted jugs, small stirrup and piriform jars. The pattern usually employed on piriform jars preserves a rim decoration of short strokes, neck being solidly painted. Following an usual syntax, a line group appears on the upper shoulder below the neck. Bases are solidly painted, except for an occasional thin reserved area on the lower base edge. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

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