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The Mycenaean Warrior Vase, found by Heinrich Schliemann on the acropolis of Mycenae, is one of the prominent treasures of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [1] The Warrior Vase is probably the best-known piece of Late Helladic pottery, though its dating, to the 13th or 12th century BCE, has been the subject of much discussion. [ 2 ]
Mycenaean pottery is the pottery tradition associated with the Mycenaean period in Ancient Greece. It encompassed a variety of styles and forms including the stirrup jar . The term "Mycenaean" comes from the site Mycenae , and was first applied by Heinrich Schliemann .
Vases of the protogeometrical period (c. 1050–900 BC) represent the return of craft production after the collapse of the Mycenaean Palace culture and the ensuing Greek dark ages. It is one of the few modes of artistic expression besides jewelry in this period since the sculpture, monumental architecture and mural painting of this era are ...
The Warrior Vase is an unusually fine vase with painted figures. In many portable forms of art, and for painting, the Mycenaeans relied on the Minoan art of Crete, which probably sometimes reached them in the form of imported objects, sometimes by imported artists and trainers of Greek artists.
Mycenaean: LH IIIB (13th century) Athens: Three spotted hounds with collars harry a boar in a field of plants while its head is being pierced from in front by a spear held in a hand. Boxers: Tylissos: Minoan: LM IA: Heraklion: Two fragments from one or two miniature frescos duplicating parts of a boxing scene shown on the Boxer Vase from Hagia ...
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Mycenaean cemeteries were located near population centers, with single graves for people of modest means and chamber tombs for elite families. The tholos is characteristic of Mycenaean elite tomb construction. The royal burials uncovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1874 remain the most famous of the Mycenaean tombs. With grave goods indicating ...
The Grey Ware on Crete, while present for a long time, was never widespread until the Mycenaean period, when there was even some local production of this ware at Kommos and Khania. Before the Mycenaean period, during the First Palace phase (the period of MM IB-IIB, 2000-1700 BC), Grey Minyan was not present on Crete.