Reproduction of a Minoan Rhyton
Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1700-1625 BCE original)
Description
Reproduction of original terracotta rhyton decorated with brown slip and added red and white paint. Upper register features spiral patterns with crocus bud centers; middle register decorated with 'lunate and wave' motif; lower register decorated with crocus flowers. Original was found at Gournia, House Cm, room 58, and is now in the Herakleion Archaeological Museum. (HM 2832) For information on the original see Robert B. Koehl, Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta (Philadelphia, 2006), cat. 435, p. 141.
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