Photos of the Very Best Beautiful Ancient Decorated Minoan Coffin Chests Made From Terracotta Pottery. Photos by photographer Paul E Williams. (TIP – use the icons below the slideshow for thumbnail photos and info)
Photos of Ancient Decorated Minoan Coffin Chests
Photo of beautiful Minoan terracotta coffin chests.
The larnax chest was the standard type of burial coffin in Crete from the early fourteenth century to the twelfth century B.C. The rectangular larnax chest sat on legs and had a gabled lid.
Some examples have raised borders around their margins which probably emulate earlier wooden versions. A number of Larnax chests are also painted with a variety of naturalistic motifs and scenes which make these chest a rich source of late Crete Minoan III pictorial art.
More complex art can be found on the limestone Hagia Triada Sarcophagus which is painted with frescoes depicting the ceremonies honouring the dead.
These sumptuous larnax are some the best preserved Minoan art and can be found at the Heraklion museum Crete.
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