325: Ithaca
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/2/2/25 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 56 x 74.2 cm |
| Scope and Content | Card base with one print plan and eight black and white photographs attached, labelled with the pasted letters a-k: g-i are all beside a single image (1936/02/02/25/07), while k appear twice, once alongside j (1936/02/02/25/08) and once alone (1936/02/02/25/09). The number 325 is pasted in the lower left corner. "Ithaca" is written in ink in the lower right corner. Each item has beside it a later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference. The original description in the catalogue reads: "(a) Plan of the site. b. Corinthian import, but on unparalleled scale: 750-700 B.C. c-e. Local ware: unique in shape and decoration; inspired by proto-Corinthian and early-orientalizing models: 750-700 B.C. f. Vase of unusual 'candlestick' shape, perforated throughout: the latest local fabric: signed by the maker, Kalikleas: 700-675 B.C. g-i. Ivories: c. 800-600 B.C.: (g) frog; (h) monkey with child; (i) couchant ram. Compare those from the Orthia Sanctuary at Sparta. j, k. Bronzes: (j) horse: 900-700 B.C.; (k) sphinx: very early orientalizing; the type with outspread wings is very rare in Greek art: c. 750-700 B.C." |
| Notes | In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Ithaca" |
| Related records |
[1936/2/2/25/1], Sub-item, 325a: Plan of the Site
[1936/2/2/25/2], Sub-item, 325b: Corinthian [1936/2/2/25/3], Sub-item, 325c: Local Ware [1936/2/2/25/4], Sub-item, 325d: Local Ware [1936/2/2/25/5], Sub-item, 325e: Local Ware [1936/2/2/25/6], Sub-item, 325f: Vase of Unusual 'Candlestick' Shape [1936/2/2/25/7], Sub-item, 325g-i: Ivories [1936/2/2/25/8], Sub-item, 325j, k: Bronzes [1936/2/2/25/9], Sub-item, 325k: Bronze [BSA SPHS/1/6841.C6850], View of the work of W.S. George as shown at the 1936 exhibition at Burlington House, London: 339 and 340. The Acropolis of Athens, 341. Fresco of a Young Armed Warrior (Acropolis Museum), 342. Head of Seti I, in soft limestone, once coloured. XIXth dynast, 1936 |