A squat Mycenaean jar for perfume oil with a central support to which the handles that rise up from the shoulder are connected, forming a shape reminiscent of a stirrup. The slightly flaring spout is likewise located on the shoulder that is decorated with four abstract, sickle-shaped ornaments with central protrusion. The ends of the motif are connected by a curve composed of dashes. The rest of the shoulder, belly and foot is adorned by encircling bands and groups of lines. Encircling lines on the central support. Reserved base with broad ring foot and old label “4”. Surface of belly chipped in two places, body of vessel otherwise intact.
PROVENANCE
Published: H.A.C. AG, Basel, Kunstwerke der Antike, Auction 1, 15.6.1998, lot 7 (illus). Thereafter priv. coll. A. G. Basel. On the underside two old labels "1800-2500" and "4.".
NOTE
For the jug’s squat shape, the abstract floral motif on the shoulder and the striped decoration on the shoulder, belly and foot, cf. P. A. Mountjoy, Mycenaean Pottery. An Introduction (Oxford 2001) 85, illus. 197, 199; K. Yfantidis, Antike Gefässe, Cat. Kassel (Melsungen 1990) 95 f. , no. 35 with illus.

