Stirrup jar, probably the product of the workshop of Kourtes in central Crete. Late 10th century BC. Even though the shape of the vase refers us to older models, the decoration with shaded triangles and concentric semicircles is characteristic of the Protogeometric period. Ð253. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/Archaeological Receipts Fund Marangou, L., (ed.), Minoikos kai Ellinikos Politismos apo tin syllogi Mitsotaki, N.P. Goulandris Foundation-Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens 1992, p. 136, fig. 140. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture
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