222: Terracotta Figurines and Vases: Protocorinthian and Corinthian

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/2/1/25
Level Item
Dimensions 55.9 x 73.9 cm
Scope and Content Card base with eighteen photographs attached. The photographs are largely pairs of the same items taken from different angles, except for 1936/02/01/28/13 and 18, and are labelled with the pasted letters a-j. the number 222 is pasted in the lower left corner. Each photograph has a later annotation beside it in pencil, giving bibliographic references. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Terracotta figurines and vases: Protocorinthian and Corinthian. a. Before 700 B.C.; one of the earliest of Corinthian figures. b-d. Protocorinthian: note the painted patterns on the dresses. e-g. Corinthian. h. Vases in the shape of a pomegranate crowned by a lion's head (625-600 B.C.). i. Head of a plastic vase in the shape of a Siren (cf. 234): (600-575 B.C.). j. Top of a plastic vase in the shape of a snake (c. 650 B.C.)."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Pottery and associated objects from the sanctuary of Hera Limenia"