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Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePiriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar, c. 1400–1300 BCE. Greek, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA1-2b. 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leo Mildenberg, 1978.60
