Rhyton
MS4704.20
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4704.20 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Late Minoan I |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Body-sherd from a large closed vessel. Coarse, pinkish gray (7.5 YR 7/2) clay, with decoration in black paint and added red paint. Chevrons or foliate ornament (?). Added red: lines between the dark petals. Comments: Compare the decorations on rhyta like MS4704.6, but more likely the motif is like Hawes et al. 1908: 39, fig. 19 (Gournia). |
| Height | 5.8 cm |
| Length | 4.9 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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