Pithamphora

From a chamber tomb of Prosymna in the Argolid.
1500–1450 BC.
ΝΑΜ, Π6725

Three octopuses float in the sea, while rocks, seaweed and anemones compose the seascape. Vases of this kind are considered to be a Mycenaean creation, but their decoration is directly related to Minoan Crete.