• Vasiliki Style cup



Vasiliki Style cup
Vasiliki Style cup

Vasiliki Style cup

Π3765
Clay
Mended
Height: 8.5 cm. Rim diameter: 9.3 cm.
Vasiliki
West House
Early Bronze Age. Prepalatial period, Early Minoan IIB period.:
2400 - 2200 BC:
Gallery:
I
Case:
5
Exhibition thematic unit:
Early Bronze Age - Prepalatial period (3000 - 1900 BC). Settlements and cemeteries - the rise of ruling groups
A network of settlements. Habitation and social complexity
Description
This rounded footed goblet bears the mottled decoration characteristic of Vasiliki Ware. This type of cup and the beaked jug are typical tableware shapes of the Early Minoan IB period. The mottling on Vasiliki Ware, ranging from very dark brown to orange-red, is the result of using paint rich in iron oxide and controlled firing in the kiln. These vessels were produced by highly specialised potters in one or more workshops in East Crete.
Bibliography:
Betancourt, P.P. Vasilike Ware. An Early Bronze Age Pottery Style in Crete. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology LVI. G?teborg, 1979, 43. Seager, R.B. Excavations at Vasiliki, 1904. Transactions of the Department of Archaeology Vol. I, Free Museum of Science and Arts, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1905, 7-11 (213-217).
Author:
E. S.


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