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Painted pottery Minoan Decorated jug, late Minoan IB period, c.1575-1500 BC. From lower Egypt, thought to have been found in Egypt by was made on Crete. One of the world's most famous works of Minoan pottery, this
vessel shows five molluscs called nautili floating above the sea floor. The
sinuous undulating lines of the water plants and nautili tentacles clearly
demonstrate the Minoans' love of bold sweeping designs. For the Egyptians,
Minoan painting must have provided an exotic contrast to their own balanced,
ordered designs.
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