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Aegan Art
Figure of a woman
Cycladic
Early Cycladic II period
Marble
2800-2300 BC
Museum of Cycladic Art.
Seated Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades. 3rd millennium BCE. Marble, height 11 1/2" (29.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Palace of Knossos, Crete. Site occupied 2000 - 1375 BCE; complex begun in Old Palace period (c. 1900 - 1700 BCE); complex rebuilt after earthquakes and fires during Second Palace period (c. 1700 - 1450 BCE); final destruction c. 1375 BCE; site continued to be occupied.
Woman or Goddess with Snakes, from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete. Second Palace period, c. 1600–1550 BCE. Faience, height 11 5/8" (29.5 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete.
Creamics
Kamares Ware Jug
Crete
Old Palce period c2000-1900BCE
Ceramic
Height 10?
Bull's-head rhyton, from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete. Second Palace period, c. 1550 - 1450 BCE. Steatite with shell, rock crystal, and red jasper, the gilt-wood horns restored, height 12" (30.5 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete.
Metal work
Pendant of gold bees, from Chryssolakkos, near Mallia, Crete. Old Palace period, c. 1700 BCE. Gold, height approx. 1 13/16" (4.6 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete.
filigree
Vapheio Cup found near Sparta, Greece. c. 1650 - 1450 BCE. Gold, height 3 1/2" (8.9 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
New Palace
Octopus Flask
Palaikastro, Crete
1500- 1450 BCE
Marine style ceramic
Height 11”
Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete
Young Girl Gathering Crocus Flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera. Second Palace period, c. 1700 - 1450 BCE.
Bull Leaping, wall painting with areas of modern reconstruction, from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete.
Late Minoan period, c. 1450 - 1375 BCE.
Height approx. 24 1/2" (62.3 cm).
Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete.
Landscape
Spring Fresco
Before 1630 BCE
Akrotiri, Thera
Cyclades
National Archeological Museum, Athens
