A Mycenaean Buff-ware Spouted Jar, Late Bronze Age III, 2nd half of the 14th Century B.C.

with torus foot recessed underneath, broad piriform body, slender neck with cutaway spout, and twin cylindrical handles, the body painted in black with groups of encircling bands and lines, four papyrus flower(?) motifs on the shoulder.

acquired in Switzerland in 1977

very good, minor chips, scratches, and abrasions, and some wear to paint especially on handles and spout
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Cf. Das mykenische Hellas. Heimat der Helden Homers, Athens, 1988, no. 28, for a related example with two instead of three handles.