Description:

Greece, Mycenaean Period, Late Bronze Age II, ca. 1450 to 1200 BCE. A large plate with thick, flaring sides and two horizontal loop handles projecting from the wide, flat rim. Wide bands of darker brown and red are below the rim on both interior and exterior of the bowl, while the rim is decorated in tightly spaced groups of vertical lines. This period is named for the palace at Mycenae, famed in Homeric legend as the opulent seat of King Agamemnon - excavations there revealed an elite and long-lasting society with a great deal of wealth. This extended to the workshops of artisans who produced pottery like this plate both for use in Greece and throughout the Mediterranean world; shiploads of similar plates went out as far as the Levant and Spain. Size: 8.6" W x 3.5" H (21.8 cm x 8.9 cm)

Provenance: private Alabama, USA collection; ex-Roy Green collection

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#148706

  • Condition: Intact, with light surface wear commensurate with age. Old collection sticker on underside. Great preservation of pigment.

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