{"product_id":"animal-shaped-vessel-modern-adaptation-of-a-phylakopi-original","title":"Animal-shaped Vessel – Modern Adaptation of a Phylakopi Original","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCycladic animal rhyton, Early Bronze Age Aegean, ca. 2700–2200 BCE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA modern adaptation of a prehistoric zoomorphic vessel from Phylakopi on Melos, from the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The ancient prototype is interpreted here in a simplified form, with a black surface and incised geometric decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe body is that of a quadruped. Four short legs, a broad torso, a neck rising to a flared spout with a small loop handle. The form is immediately readable as an animal, though which animal is left open: something stocky and grounded, a presence more than a portrait. Vessels shaped like animals appear across the prehistoric Aegean, used for pouring liquids, possibly in ritual contexts. The original from Phylacopi on Milos gives this piece its specific reference point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHand-incised zigzag and leaf patterns run across the body in bands, decisive lines pressed into the clay, covering the surface with a rhythm that belongs to the third millennium. The dark glaze sharpens the incisions and unifies the form, giving weight to something that is, at its core, quietly strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDimensions H: 11.5 cm, W. approx: 23 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Attic Black","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53787784839509,"sku":"EXC-ADAP-39","price":185.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7790\/6893\/files\/EXC-ADAP-39_1.jpg?v=1790087970","url":"https:\/\/theatticblackshop.com\/products\/animal-shaped-vessel-modern-adaptation-of-a-phylakopi-original","provider":"Attic Black","version":"1.0","type":"link"}