Three-Handled Palace Style Amphora
1425-1400BC

This amphora is from the end of the Palace Period (aprox. 1900-1350 BC). The style had been used in previous periods, but this vessels shows the progress of pottery-making with its carefully executed design. The amphora shows a helmet with boar’s tusks. The remaining decorative curved lines are thought to be abstracted landscapes.

Ελληνική Τέχνη, Η αυγή της ελληνικής τέχνης, Αθήνα, 1994, αρ. 20, 155, 318

Found in the Vapheio tholos tomb.
Early 15th century BC

This gold cup was a set of two found in the tomb. The decoration of the cup shows a bull being captured in a net while hunters are being chased away by another bull on the back side (2nd image). The impressions are very carefully detailed for a generally utilitarian item which is unique for this time.

Kilian-Dirlmeier I., Das Kuppelgrab von Vapheio. Die Beigabenausstattung in der Steinkiste, Jahrbuch des Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseums, Mainz, 1987, pp. 197-212

1600-1400BC (Palace of Minos)
Knossos Crete

Found in the West wing of the Palace of Minos. These Pithoi were most likely used for foods storage such as wine or grains. There were 150 pithoi found in the Palace of Minos but room in for close to 400; an indicator of the immense wealth of this palace.

http://www.interkriti.org/crete/iraklion/knossos.html?vpg=3

Palace of Minos. West wing. Detail: magazine with pithoi in situ.. ca. 1600 BC-1400 BC. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/SKIDMORE_10312642851

13th century BC
Tiryns

 

Tiryns: Wall of Citadel: Ext.: Portion of wall at East entrance. 13th C. B.C. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/ARTSTOR_103_41822003534169

 

Palace of Minos
Heraklion, Crete 16th century BCE

An example of a peristyle supporting a very simply decorated entablature and cornice. These columns are Minoan style- made of wood and painting red with rounded capitals.

"Palace of Minos," Knossos: North Propylaea [view from Southeast]. original ca. 16th century B.C.E. [20th century reconstruction by Sir Arthur Evans]. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/AIC_960015

1250 BC Mycenae, Greece

A tomb built on Panagitsa Hill. The lintel weighs 120 tons and the triangle is a relieving triangle to disperse the weight of the lintel.

Tholos Tomb – Treasury of Atreus. Built around 1250 BC, 2-Oct-10. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/ASITESPHOTOIG_10313399481

1600BC-1450BC

Solid cast bronze acrobat somersaulting over a bull’s head.  Cast using the wax technique and the missing limbs are most likely due to the inability of the bronze to flow into the mould.

 

1700-1380 BCE
Knossos, Crete, Greece

This is the Throne Room and shows the griffin fresco painted on the field- or wide middle decorative zone of an interior wall. The dado (lower decorative zone of a wall) has a band of painted design and a bench lining the perimeter of the room.

Palace at Knossos, View: State Quarters, west wing; view of the Throne Room showing the throne and the griffin fresco. c. 1700 – 1380 BCE. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/CANYONLIGHTS_DB_10312431317

650-625 BDE
Parian marble, Athens Greece

A Greek figure dedicated to Artemis. The side of the sculpture has an inscription “Nikandre daughter of Deinodikos the Naxian outstanding amongst women, sister of Deinomenes and now wife of Phraxos, dedicated me to the far-shooting archeress”

“Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases.” Aphrodite of Knidos | Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases, museum.classics.cam.ac.uk/collections/casts/kore-nikandre