Clay alabastron
Π1588
Clay
Intact
Height: 23 cm.
Phaistos
Kalyvia, Tomb 11
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan ΙΙΙΑ1- ΙΙΙΑ2 early.:
1400-1350 BC:
Gallery:
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110Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC) - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC).The cemeteriesCemeteries of Phaistos
Description
Clay closed vessel (alabastron) from a burial assemblage from Kalyvia in Phaistos. Decorated with motifs in brown paint on a light ground. An exceptional example from a workshop operating in the wider Phaistos area, whose works accompanied burials in various cemeteries (e.g. Kalyvia, Kamilari). In the Late Minoan IIIA period, which covers the 14th century BC, vase decoration was drawn from Minoan tradition and Mycenaean models. This vase is decorated with a scene of two stylised birds facing each other with a stylised iris flower in the centre, while the background is filled with flowers, zigzag patterns and other motifs. The winged body of the birds is rendered with bands filled with lines, while the head and neck are solid except for the eye.Bibliography:
Savignoni, L. Scavi e scoperte nella necropoli di Phaestos (Monumenti Antichi 14), 1904, pl. XXXVII. Kanta, A. “The epilogue of a palatial world: Minoan Civilization after the great palaces (14th-11th century B.C.). In Andreadaki-Vlazaki, M., G. Rethemiotakis and N. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki (eds), From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C., Essays, New York, 2008, 149-150, fig. 5.Author:
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