Bridge-spouted jar with decoration of the Standard Tradition



Bridge-spouted jar with decoration of the Standard Tradition

Π1832
Clay
Intact, mended and restored.
Height: 30 cm. Rim diameter: 10.5 cm.
Gournia
Settlement
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙI period.:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
V
Case:
46
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
Settlements of East Crete
Description
Bridge-spouted jar with vertical handle and disc-shaped base. It is decorated with brown motifs on buff slip in the Standard Tradition: two dotted bands on the upper body, horizontal bands and running spirals on the lower body, and a zone of ivy leaves and rosettes in the centre. The fact that this jar is an imitation of a metal prototype is evident from the disc-shaped base and the imitation rivet head where the handle joins the rim. There are relief “horns” on either side of the rim.
Bibliography:
Hawes, H.Β., B.E. Williams, R.B. Seager and E.H. Hall. Gournia, Vasiliki and Other Prehistoric Sites on the Isthmus of Hierapetra, Crete. Philadelphia, 1908: 44, pl. ΙΧ (no. 10). Betancourt, Ph.P. Η Ιστορία της Μινωικής κεραμεικής (trans. Th. Iliopoulos). Athens, 1985: 187, pl. 17Ζ· 3. Mountjoy, P.A. Mycenaean Pottery: An Introduction. Oxford, 1993: 41, fig. 50.
Author:
P. S.


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