1926.32.3: Reproduction of the bull head rhyton from the Little Palace at Knossos
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1926.32.3
- Title
- Reproduction of the bull head rhyton from the Little Palace at Knossos
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1625-1470 BCE original)
- Period
- Minoan period, Late Minoan IB
- Culture
- Minoan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292009
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Polychrome plaster
- Dimensions
- 38.8 × 26.5 × 18.5 cm (15 1/4 × 10 7/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
- Accession Year
- 1926
- Object Number
- 1926.32.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Reproduction of original serpentinite bull head rhyton with shell, crystal, and jasper inlays. The original was found in the 'Little Palace' at Knossos, and is now in the Herakleion Archaeological Museum. (HM 1368, HM 1550)
For information on the original see Robert B. Koehl, Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta (Philadelphia, 2006), cat. 307, p. 118.
Publication History
- Susanne Ebbinghaus, ed., Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA, 2018), p. 366, cat. 72
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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