Rhyton
Object Number:
MS4287
Current Location:
Classical World Gallery
Culture:
Minoan
Provenience:
Greece
Crete
Pseira
Period:
Late Minoan IB
Date Made:
C. 1450 BC
Early Date:
-1475
Late Date:
-1425
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Ceramic
Description:
Shape: 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.
Height:
27cm
Outside Diamater:
10.6cm
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Classical Gallery: Aegean Bronze Age (1969 - 1975)
Classical Gallery: Aegean/Cretan (1975 - 2000)
Worlds Intertwined: Classical World Introduction (14 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 30
[Book] Betancourt, Philip P. 1983. The Cretan Collections in the University Museum: Minoan Objects Excavated from Vasilke, Pseira, Sphoungaras, Priniatikos Pyrgos, and Other Sites. : Page/Fig./Plate: 33
[Catalogue] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 22, no. 182
[Book] Coulter. LCC Catalog. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 34
[Book] Buchholz, Hans-Günter & Karageorghis, Vassos. 1971. Altägäis und Altkypros. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 929
[Book] Buchholz, Hans-Günter & Karageorghis, Vassos. 1973. Prehistoric Greece and Cyprus: An Archaeological Handbook. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 929
[Book] Buchholz, Hans-Günter, et al. Jagd und Fischfang. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 150, no. 45
[Article] 1975. Münzen und Medaillen A.G. (14-15 Marz) : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 12, no. 29
[Journal] Betancourt, Philip P. Marine Life Pottery from the Aegean Vol.: 30. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 40 upper left
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