1: Geometric Ornament and Polychrome Designs
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/1/1/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 73.7 x 55.5 cm |
| Scope and Content | Card base with eight images of pottery/fragments: one black and white photograph, two watercolour illustrations, and five black and white ink illustrations. The number 1 is pasted in the bottom left corner, and each image is labelled with pasted letters a-h. A darker line divides the top two images from the lower six. A blank rectangle with cut-off corners is pasted to the right of the letter f. To the right of image b (1936/01/01/01/02) is a later annotation in biro giving a bibliographic reference. The original description in the catalogue reads: "a-b Geometric ornament on Early Cycladic Jars containing burials of children; found within the houses: compare Case A 30-35. c-h Polychrome designs on vases of 'Kamáres' style (Middle Minoan: cf. 51, 52) imported from Crete to Melos about 1800 B.C.: white enhanced with other colours, on black slip: the enlarged design (13) is from vase (g): compare original fragments, Case A 67." |
| Related records |
[1936/1/1/1/8], Sub-item, 1h: Polychrome Designs
[1936/1/1/1/1], Sub-item, 1a: Geometric Ornament [1936/1/1/1/2], Sub-item, 1b: Geometric Ornament [1936/1/1/1/3], Sub-item, 1c: Polychrome Designs [1936/1/1/1/4], Sub-item, 1d: Polychrome Designs [1936/1/1/1/5], Sub-item, 1e: Polychrome Designs [1936/1/1/1/6], Sub-item, 1f: Polychrome Designs [1936/1/1/1/7], Sub-item, 1g: Polychrome Designs [BSA SPHS/1/4614.9464], Melos, Phylakopi: Pottery, burial pithoi, Geometric with lustrous paint, and stone jars, 1911 |