Minoan Stirrup Jar

Ceramic

Museum of Antiquities - University of Saskatchewan

Left Side

2015-00-00

Name/Title

Minoan Stirrup Jar

Entry/Object ID

88A0150

Description

Jar or amphora with false neck, an octopus motif with coral, seaweed, and shell fillings can be seen. Cream glaze with brown-rust figures.

Context

Designs taken from nature are used predominantly in Minoan art. Like all Minoan art the style is two dimensional, and naturalistic elements are redesigned as flat images. The octopus is illustrative of the marine interests of island culture; such as fishing and trade.

Made/Created

Date made

1500 BCE - 1450 BCE

Time Period

Bronze Age

Place

Institution

World Treasures, USA

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Island

Crete

Culture/Tribe

Minoan

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7 cm

Diameter

16.5 cm

Material

Resin

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Matz, F. Art of Crete and Early Greece. New York, Greystone. 1962. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Buschor, Ernst. Greek Vase-Painting. New York, E.P. Dutton and Co. 1922. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Betancourt, Philip P. History of Minoan Pottery. Princeton, Princeton University Press. 1985. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Stansbury-O'Donnell, Mark D. A History of Greek Art. West Sussex, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2015.