Mycenaean pottery Pictorial Style krater, Furumark Shape 53; wheel-made; piriform body on a stem with a flat foot; short, slightly concave neck with an everted rim; pair of opposing handles vertical handles from shoulder to rim; fine cream clay, with lustrous brown-purple painted decoration: on each side is a large octopus with big eyes whose wavy tentacles cover the entire field; parallel bands below the creature; solid paint on the foot and neck. --The British Museum