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Bowl fragment

Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan I A Period
Late Minoan I A, about 1550 B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Crete, Mochlos

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions 7.1 x 14.1 cm (2 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.794
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionLate Minoan I A; Rim fragment and spout of large bowl. Buff ware with brown paint interior and exterior. Flared and pointed rim. Small doglike animal hanging from rim in plastic relief. Thick brown horizontal bands frame a conglomerate design. Brown dots painted on flat upper surface of rim.
ProvenanceFrom Richard Seager's Excavation at Mochlos, Crete.