Etsy - greekartshop1 Octopus Vase Amphora Marine Style Minoan Pottery Knossos Museum Copy
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MADE in GREECE HAND PAINTED Marine style Dimensions (approximately): Height : 26 cm (10.4 inches) width: 16 cm (6.3 in) Net Weight: 1120 gr (4.47 lb) Material: :Clay-Genuine Ceramic Our vase is a copy of a Minoan marine style amphora dated to 1500 B.C. exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion in Crete, Greece. Marine style, an innovation of Cretan pottery, developed around 1500 BC & characterized by the depiction of octopuses & other sea creatures. The Minoan painter of this vessel filled the center with a charming octopus, swimming diagonally, with tentacles extended out to the full perimeter of the vase & wide eyes . Around this creature's limbs we find sea urchins, coral, & triton shells. Octopus Vase Amphora Marine Style Minoan Pottery Knossos Museum Copy
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