Piriform (Pear-Shaped) Jar
-1405–-1295
- Medium
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); Overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Diameter of base: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
About
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.