| Scope and Content |
Card base with eight black and white illustrations of objects attached, labelled with pasted letters b, a , c-h. The number 318 is pasted in the lower left corner. "Praesos' is written in ink in the lower right corner. Several of the images have beside them later annotations in pencil giving bibliographic references. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Praisos... a. Larnax (clay burial-chest) with spirited ornament of running spirals in dark red on a buff ground. b. Small amphora: the pairs of double handles are unusual in a vase only 12 inches high. c-g. Geometric pottery. c, d. Jug and bowl from a 'beehive' tomb: (c) is a good instance of the rich effect simply produced in geometric art. f. Probably an imitation of an Attic 'Dipylon' Vase. g. The rayed circles on the neck of the miniature amphora are unusual. h. Minoan gem, found adhering to the mortar of a Hellenistic bathroom. A bull lying in a forest is surprised by a hunter who seizes both its horns. The bull is admirably modelled in the grand Minoan style: by contrast the human figure seems a mere appendage. Drawn by M. Gillièron." |
