178: Cup of Laconian III Style

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/36
Level Item
Dimensions 40.5 x 40.7 cm
Scope and Content Watercolour illustration in black and purple. Circle with a repeated border and the central pattern repeated at each cardinal point. A small section is painted darker: this is the existing fragment, and the rest was reconstructed from this. The number 178 is pasted in the lower left corner. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Cup of Laconian III Style, from the Acropolis of Sparta: palmette decoration reaches its highest point in this technique."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Pottery"