Sherd

60-19-47

From: Greece | Crete

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 60-19-47
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete
Period Late Minoan IA
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from a closed vessel. Interior unpainted. Frieze of "sacral ivy" (FM 12) with spirals within the leaves, which have filled tips; foliate bands are used as stems. Small lillies (?) are within the interstices. Added white paint; exterior bands on spirals, continuing in two lines across edges of leaves; dots on outer bands of spirals. See 60-19-37

Length 23 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Edith Hall Dohan, 1960

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