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Reproduction of a Minoan Marine Style Rhyton

Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1625-1470 BCE original)

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.

Period

Minoan period, Late Minoan IB

Date

Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1625-1470 BCE original)

Culture

Minoan

Medium

Polychrome plaster

Findspot

Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1977.216.3318

Image Source

harvard

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