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English: The rock crystal rhytonFrançais : le rhyton en cristal de roche   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
English: The rock crystal rhyton
Français : le rhyton en cristal de roche
Description
English: Small vase, unique in its kind, justly considered a masterpiece of Minoan stone carving. It has an elongated body with pointed bottom made of an unusually large piece of rock crystal. The neck and splaying rim, also of rock crystal, are joined to the body by a crystal ring decorated with vertical rings of gilt faïence. The tall handle is formed by fourteen beads of gilt crystal, threaded onto a bronze wire.
Français : Petit vase, unique en son genre, justement considéré comme un chef d'oeuvre de la sculpture minion sur minéraux. Il a un corps allongé, une base pointue, le tout en une seule pièce de cristal de roche, d'une taille inusitée. L'ensemble du col, également en cristal de roche provenant d'une autre pièce, est relié au corps par un anneau de cristal décoré d'anneaux verticaux de faïence dorée. L'anse est constituée de 14 perles de cristal, montées sur une tige de bronze.
Date
English: Late Bronze age, about 1500 BC
Français : âge de bronze tardif, vers 1500 av. l'ère courante
Medium
English: Rock crystal, gilt faïence
Français : Cristal de roche, faïence dorée
Dimensions height: 16 cm (6.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,16U174728
institution QS:P195,Q636972
Current location
Hall VIII
Accession number
AE 2721
Place of creation Zakros, Palace
Object history
English: found in the Temple Repository of the Zakros palace, restored by the conservators of the Herakleion Archaeological Museum from hundreds of tiny fragments found in excavations.
Français : Trouvé au dépositoire du temple du palais de Zakros, restauré par les conservateurs du musée d'heraklion à partir de centaines de fragments trouvés lors des fouilles.
References http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/4/eh430.jsp?obj_id=7907
Source/Photographer Own work, Jebulon as photographer
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