Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar
Unknown Artist
c. 1400–1300 BCE
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
h. 17.8 cm · diam. 9.8 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Leo Mildenberg
Accession Number
1978.60
About this artwork
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.