A high-foot bowl with (wild) goats shows this from the Minoan culture
originating exhibit from the 15th century B.C. It concerns probably ibexes resident on Crete, which were domesticated by the native population. The goat seems to be the first tamed ruminant, corresponding finds from Jericho date back to the 7th millennium B.C. Goat farming in arid areas was of particular economic importance because no herds of cattle and sheep were possible there. The aix, Greek for goats, were also used as draught animals.
The goats place themselves, according to its type, with the forefeet at a shrub or tree, in order to eat this. The motif of the grazing goats is identical on the front and back of the bowl.
A seal on the handle bears the inscription "MUSEUM COPY", on the back "HAND MADE IN GREECE".
Hand-painted replica as reduction.
