Floral Style beaked jug



Floral Style beaked jug

Π1647
Clay
Intact, mended.
Height: 26.8 cm.
Phaistos
Palace
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙI period.:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
IV
Case:
41
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
Palaces of Phaistos and Malia
Description
Beaked jug with vertical handle and simple base. It is decorated with brown motifs on buff slip in the Floral Style of the Special Palatial Tradition: on the main body is a stylised ivy-leaf pattern, with horizontal bands and wavy lines lower down, and reeds on the neck and spout. It was used for the temporary storage, transport and offering of liquids.
Bibliography:
Betancourt, Ph.P. Η Ιστορία της Μινωικής κεραμεικής (trans. Th. Iliopoulos). Athens, 1985, pl. 21Ε.
Author:
P. S.


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