Foot of lamp with relief ivy-leaf decoration



Foot of lamp with relief ivy-leaf decoration

Λ66
Stone (Porphyry)
Incomplete
Height: 22 cm. Diameter: 10.5 cm.
Knossos
Palace of Knossos, Southeast House
΄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
Pedestal of porphyry lamp with elaborate relief decoration of ivy leaves, a characteristic motif of the Neopalatial period. The vast majority of Neopalatial stone vessels were made of serpentinite, although there are many examples made of other imported stones such as porphyry or lapis lacedaemonius from the Peloponnese. Stone vessels were larger than in the preceding period, indicating production on a larger scale and the attribution of value to sizeable objects. Many of these would have been heirlooms passed down through the generations.
Bibliography:
Bevan, A. Stone Vessels and Values in the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Cambridge, 2007, 57-60. 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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