VesselsMinoan20th century

Reproduction of a Minoan Lion Head Rhyton

Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1700-1075 BCE original)

Description

Reproduction of original Minoan limestone lion head rhyton. Original was found in the Central Treasury at Knossos, and is now in the Herakleion Archaeological Museum. (HM 44) For information on the original see Robert B. Koehl, Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta (Philadelphia, 2006), cat. 329, p. 122.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Polychrome plaster

Culture

Minoan

Period

Minoan period, Late

Century

20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

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