Name: Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar, c. 1400-1300 BC. Greece, Mycenaea, late Helladic III A1-2b. 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.). 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. - SuperStock
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Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar, c. 1400-1300 BC. Greece, Mycenaea, late Helladic III A1-2b. 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.). 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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