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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.32.37
Title
Reproduction of a Minoan Rhyton
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1700-1625 BCE original)
Period
Minoan period, Late Minoan IA
Culture
Minoan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291768

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychrome plaster

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.32.37
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Reproduction of original terracotta rhyton decorated with brown slip and added red and white paint. Upper register features spiral patterns with crocus bud centers; middle register decorated with 'lunate and wave' motif; lower register decorated with crocus flowers. Original was found at Gournia, House Cm, room 58, and is now in the Herakleion Archaeological Museum. (HM 2832)

For information on the original see Robert B. Koehl, Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta (Philadelphia, 2006), cat. 435, p. 141.

Verification Level

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