12: Wall Paintings; Ivory Signet Ring

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/1/8
Level Item
Dimensions 42.9 x 58.4 cm
Scope and Content Card base with three illustrations attached. The number 12 is pasted in the lower and upper left corners, and the images are labelled with the pasted letters b, c, and a. To the right of image b (1936/01/01/08/01), and below the other two images, are later annotations in biro giving bibliographic references. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Ivory signet ring (a), illustrating religious ritual: a woman in a flounced skirt worships at a horned altar, among palm-like foliage: subject and style are alike reminiscent of Minoan Crete. Wall-paintings: (b) a seated man in Minoan dress and bracelets raises a drapery with one hand; his nails are stained red. c Design of lilies, reconstructed by Theodore Fyfe."