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Bridge-Spouted Pitcher with Spiral Decoration

Culture Minoan
Title Bridge-Spouted Pitcher with Spiral Decoration
Date 1599 BCE–1500 BCE
Medium Clay
Dimensions Object: 5 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (14.8 × 19.1 cm)
Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 80.92.1

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Minoan pottery is known for its organic designs. Strong spirals dominate this vessel, a motif that appears on numerous other vases and wall paintings, as well. This luxury vessel is from the period when urban settlements in Crete were organized around cultural, religious, administrative, and commercial centers called palaces.


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