Saturday, October 3, 2015

Kamares Ware Jar & Marine-style Flask

4-11: Phaistos (Crate),Greece
1800-1700BCE  1'8" high
Kamares Ware Jar
creamy white/reddish-brown fish (net)?
black background
4-12: Palaikastro (Crete), Greece
1500BCE  11" high
Marine-style octopus flask
dark figures on a light background
both: abstract patterns
complement shape of jar
subject covers surface to fill space
emphasizing volume

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