Cycladic frying pan with elaborate sun wheel design

National Archeological Museum, Athens, Greece

This large ceramic frying pan displays a complex solar symbol at its center, encircled by concentric rings of spiral motifs and surrounded by a dramatic starburst pattern with triangular rays extending to the vessel's edge. The surface is covered with intricate geometric patterns including zigzag borders and densely packed triangular designs. This exceptionally well-preserved ritual vessel demonstrates the sophisticated symbolic language of Early Cycladic religious art.


Early Cycladic ceramic frying pan featuring central sun wheel surrounded by radiating star pattern and geometric borders from Syros
Genre:  2800-2300 BC

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Early Cycladic frying pans and grave offerings display


Material: Ceramic (frying pans), bronze or copper (tools), shell (ornament) Date range: 2800-2300...

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