• Lamp with relief lotus-leaf decoration



Lamp with relief lotus-leaf decoration
Lamp with relief lotus-leaf decoration

Lamp with relief lotus-leaf decoration

Λ27
Stone (Porphyry)
Intact
Height: 38 cm. Diameter: 28 cm.
Knossos
Palace of Knossos, Room of the Lotus Lamp
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan I period.:
1600-1450 BC:
Gallery:
IV
Case:
38
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
The equipment of the palace and houses of Knossos
Description
Stone lamp with a lotus-shaped bowl and lotus-leaf decoration in high relief on the upper part of the foot. The production of luxury vessels and other items was especially highly developed in the organised workshop complexes that operated in the palaces of Knossos, Phaistos and Zakros, the harbours of Poros and Kommos, and urban centres such as Mochlos and Gournia. This particular vessel was made of porphyry (antico rosso), which was quarried in the Mani and Egypt. It is more likely that the raw material was imported from the Peloponnese, although the shape and decoration are in the Egyptian style.
Bibliography:
Dimopoulou, Ν. "Οι τέχνες." In S. Mandalaki and G. Rethemiotakis (eds), Μινωικός κόσμος. Ταξίδι στις απαρχές της Ευρώπης, Heraklion, 2015, 166-167. Apostolaki, E. "Pedestalled Lamp." In Andreadaki-Vlazaki, M., G. Rethemiotakis and N. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki (eds), From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C. Catalogue of the Exhibition From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C., Onassis Cultural Center, New York, March 13-September 13, 2008. New York, 2008, 74.
Author:
G. F.


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