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).
Betancourt, Philip P. The Cretan Collections in the University Museum: Minoan Objects Excavated from Vasilke, Pseira, Sphoungaras, Priniatikos Pyrgos, and Other Sites. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1983. See: p. 33, no. 67, pl. 7, fig. 10
