Rhyton
| Object Number: | MS4287 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Classical World Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Pseira |
| Period: | Late Minoan IB |
| Date Made: | ca. 1450 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1451 |
| Late Date: | -1449 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 18.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 10.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908 |
Description
Ovoid Rhyton. Marine Style. Ovoid rhyton with collar at base of neck, splayed mouth, and one handle. Hole (0.003 m. in d.) in base. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 8/4) to pinkish white (7/5YR 8/2) clay with decoration in reddish brown (5YR 5/3) to black paint, Self-slipped. Decoration: Coral on neck; drop motif on collar; coral extends down from the collar and up from a quarefoil rock-work motif at the base, delineating a zone with dolphins within a net pattern. The dolphins (six in total) alternate their positions. Condition: Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing. The Marine Style is well known and has a long literature. This piece, surely an import into Pseira, was found with a companion decorated with same motifs, HM 4508 (Seager 1910: fig. 10).
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical Gallery: Aegean Bronze Age (1969 - 1975) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical Gallery: Aegean/Cretan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Worlds Intertwined: Classical World Introduction (14 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 45 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 30, fig. 4 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Betancourt, Philip P. 1983. The Cretan Collections in the University Museum: Minoan Objects Excavated from Vasilke, Pseira, Sphoungaras, Priniatikos Pyrgos, and Other Sites.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33, no. 67, pl. 7, fig. 10 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 22, no. 182 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Coulter. LCC Catalog.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 34 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Karageorghis, Vassos, and Buchholz, Hans-Günter. 1971. Altägäis und Altkypros.. Tuebingen. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 929 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Karageorghis, Vassos, and Buchholz, Hans-Günter. 1973. Prehistoric Greece and Cyprus: An Archaeological Handbook.. London. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 929 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Maull, and Johrens, and Buchholz, Hans-Günter. Jagd und Fischfang.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 150, no. 45 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] 1975. Münzen und Medaillen A.G.. Basel. no. 14-15 Marz. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 12, no. 29 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Betancourt, Philip P. 1977. "Marine Life Pottery from the Aegean." Archaeology Magazine. Archaeological Institute of America. Vol. 30. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 40 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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