Fragment of a Cretan relief-decorated pithos

Classification

pithos ; relief decorated vessel

Culture

Minoan

Dimensions

12,1 × 13,3 cm

Date

1700–1420 B.C.

Period

Middle Minoan Period (2000–1700/1600); Late Minoan Period (1700/1600–1100)

Material

clay

Iconography

finger impressed decoration

Production place

Crete

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts

Inventory

50.552

ID

Hyp-6241

References

Haas-Lebegyev–Márton, CVA Hongrie 3, 20, pl. 1, 3