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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3318
Title
Reproduction of a Minoan Marine Style Rhyton
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1625-1470 BCE original)
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete
Period
Minoan period, Late Minoan IB
Culture
Minoan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289304

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychrome plaster

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.3318
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Reproduction of original Minoan terracotta rhyton with Marine Style decoration featuring coral, tritons, and starfish. Original was found in House A at Zakros, and is now in the Herakleion Archaeological Museum. (HM 2085)

For information on the original see Robert B. Koehl, Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta (Philadelphia, 2006), cat. 241, p. 108.

Verification Level

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