Minoan pottery pictures collection from greek museums
Each thumbnail photo is a link to a larger version of the same
photograph.
|
From the Knossos palace storerooms. It is decorated
with relief wavy bands and has a Linear A sign inscribed. From the
excavations of Minos Kalokairinos at Knossos. Donated in 1887. |
Alabastron with marine style decoration. Of the late
Minoan IB/ Late Helladic IIA period (15th cent BC.). From Phylakopi III. |
Knossos jar. Herakleion Archaeological Museum. |
Kamares ware krater with moulded flowers. Herakleion
Archaeological Museum. |
Knossos beak vase. Herakleion Archaeological Museum |
Knossos pithoid jar. Herakleion Archaeological Museum |
Knossos jar. Herakleion Archaeological Museum |
Phaistos cup. Herakleion Archaeological Museum |
Ostrich-egg rhyta with faience rims and gold bases. One has applied
dolphins on the body. These natural eggs were embellished in Minoan Cretan
workshops. Graves IV and V. 16th Century BC. National Archaeological
Museum of Athens |
Cylindrical pyxis with lid decorated with birds and vegetal motifs,
from Minoan Crete. Mycenae, tomp 7. 14th cent.BC. National Archaeological
Museum of Athens |
Minoan basket shaped vase with fish representation. Voula. 15th
cent.BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Canaanite transport amphora from Syropalestinian coast. 14th cent. BC.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens |