Vessel Handle

MS4586

From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4586
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Greek
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Period Geometric Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragment of handle of vase: horns of consecration. Full length of base of horns preserved and one horn; of the other horn only the point of attachment remains. Between the two horns is a low, rounded protuberance. Only one, long side is decorated. On the side of the one horn are horizontal, closely spaced lines. On the side of the base is a horizontal zig-zag line between two lines. Traces of another zone of decoration below. Decoration painted over a white slip. Back, sides and inner surface of horns glazed. Broken edges below, at ends, and at back below horns. Very hard, pale buff clay and red-brown glaze.

Height 4.5 cm
Length 6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall., 1910

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