MIDDLE MINOAN IIIB-LATE MINOAN I, CIRCA 1640-1480 B.C.

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A MINOAN LIMESTONE LAMP
MIDDLE MINOAN IIIB-LATE MINOAN I, CIRCA 1640-1480 B.C.
Of flaring form, with narrow ridged foot widening to open shallow bowl, band of carved petal forms on shoulder, internal raised rim with two wide spouts
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970s.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, p. 129, no. 31.

For a red limestone lamp with two spouts and a similar band of leaves around the shoulders, cf., P. P. Betancourt, "The Stone Vessels of Pseira", Expedition 32: 3 (1991), pp. 15-19.

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