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Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel, X, 1980, nos 17, 29 and 19 respectively.
Item one: in this elegant design, the combination of pattern with leaf forms is characteristic of the Minoans' early approach to natural forms in their art. Flora and fauna tend to grow out of pre-existing pattern forms. This applied to seals and to the decoration of Kamares-style pattern characteristic of the Middle Minoan period. For seal parallels, cf., CMS, IIv 198 and IIi 282.
Item three: the button shape, most commonly a circular seal with 'pinched' back pierced for suspension is found in Crete (eg. CMS, IIi72); so, too, are cruciform designs not dissimilar to this example. The combination, however, has no precise parallel from Crete but many parallels in Anatolia and the Middle East. Although this piece has been accepted as Minoan, it may well be Near Eastern.
Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel, X, 1980, nos 17, 29 and 19 respectively.
Item one: in this elegant design, the combination of pattern with leaf forms is characteristic of the Minoans' early approach to natural forms in their art. Flora and fauna tend to grow out of pre-existing pattern forms. This applied to seals and to the decoration of Kamares-style pattern characteristic of the Middle Minoan period. For seal parallels, cf., CMS, IIv 198 and IIi 282.
Item three: the button shape, most commonly a circular seal with 'pinched' back pierced for suspension is found in Crete (eg. CMS, IIi72); so, too, are cruciform designs not dissimilar to this example. The combination, however, has no precise parallel from Crete but many parallels in Anatolia and the Middle East. Although this piece has been accepted as Minoan, it may well be Near Eastern.