Reproduction of a Minoan Marine Style Rhyton
Early 20th century (reproduction of ca. 1625-1470 BCE original)
Description
Reproduction of original Minoan terracotta rhyton with Marine Style decoration featuring dolphins. Original was found in Pseira, Crete, and is now in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia. (MS 4287) For information on the original see Robert B. Koehl, Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta (Philadelphia, 2006), cat. 257, p. 111.
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