Kalathos

MS4500

From: Greece | Crete | Agios Theodoros

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4500
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Agios Theodoros
Period Late Minoan IIIC
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Cylindrical bowl with concave profile, two ribbed, strap handles placed vertically on the rim, and a low ring base. Slip only on exterior, mouth and handles. Lines of inside of mouth and on handles. Bands on exterior, at upper and lower parts of body; wavy line on body zone, encircling vessel. Fine, light red (2.5YR 6/6) clay with pink (7.5YR 8/4) slip and decoration in light red (2.5YR 6/6) paint. Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing.

Height 14.6 cm
Outside Diameter 21.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1906

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