Mycenaean Pithos

Culture: Mycenaean

Period: 14th century B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 15.8 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 2106

Provenance: Collection General-Surgeon Dr. Josef Mayer-Riefenthaler, Vienna. Acquired in Cyprus in the 1960s, during his deployment as UN soldier.

Condition: Except for some small chips as seen in the photograph intact.

Description: Mycenaean Pithos for storing olive oil, water, honey or salt with three vertical handles. Above the slim base a widening corpus which is decorated with linear red-brown and dark brown patterns. On the shoulder a dense scale pattern. The short neck is painted red-brown, on the overhanging rim a wave band.