object type / vase shape: minoan pyxis standing on 4 triangular pierced legs, with 4 triangular pierced lug handles on the rim of the shoulder
<p>- material: pottery (clay)
- decoration technique: painted (reddish-)brown linear decoration on buff ground
- style / ware: Koumasa style, but rather thick lines
The pyxis clearly goes together with Chania Π 158, which is however attributed to the Hagios Onouphrios style. The transition is gradual, and each region has its own characteristics
- period: early minoan II
- height: 8.5 cm
- diameter max.: 14.5 cm
- findspot: reportedly tomb complex from Southern Crete
- museum / inventory number: Kassel, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Antikensammlung T 777
- bibliographic / online reference: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://mouseio.avmap.gr/items/show/535">http://mouseio.avmap.gr/items/show/535</a>
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