Author: Lucca Daniel Green
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Greek Pottery: 15th-Century Minoan ‘Marine Style’ at the Heraklion Museum

An octopus in the ‘Marine Style’ attributed to a late-stage Minoan workshop + other examples of the genre.
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Greek Pottery: Red-Figure Fish Platter, with Fish, Shrimp, Shells, and Two Octopi!

A Fourth-Century Fish Plate from Paestum (Southern Italy) in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Greek Pottery: 4th-Century Campanian Bird-Shaped Askos (Oil-Pourer)

A 4th-century askos in the shape of a bird from Southern Italy in the Princeton University Art Museum.
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Greek Pottery: 3rd-Century Bird-Shaped Askos (like a watering-can, but for oil)

A 3rd-century oil-pourer (askos) from Southern Italy in the Princeton University Art Museum.
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Greek Pottery: A Turtle-Shaped Aryballos

An Eastern Greek turtle-shaped perfume-jar at the Princeton University Art Museum.
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Fouquieria columnaris (‘Boojum Tree’): It’s like a tree and a cactus got together with some ocotillo and made this thing

Check out this whimsical Ocotillo from Baja!



