Harvester Vase (or Harvester Rhyton) detail, Steatite, 1500-1450 BCE.

The Harvester Vase is a rhyton from Bronze Age Crete, Greece, unearthed in the Minoan villa known as Agia Triada. It was made of steatite, which is a green-brown soapstone. A low relief depicting a group of workers walking to, or returning from olive harvest is carved on a continuous band across its face. It was originally gilded with gold hammered to paper-thin thickness (gold leaf).
Exhibited at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete, Greece.
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Aegean Art Crete Heraklion Archaeological Museum Minoan Music Original Photo Relief Rhyton Stone