painting;
reproduction
- Museum number
- 1927,1015.3
- Description
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Reproduction in watercolour of a fresco painting from Phylakopi on Melos, showing flying fish (original is in the National Archaeological Museum Athens, NAMA 5844).
- Production date
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1900-1927 (circa (replica))
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1700BC-1550BC (original)
- Curator's comments
- The original was excavated by the British School at Athens, whose explored the site between 1896 and 1899. This item and other facsimiles in the registration group GR 1927,1015.1-18 were bought from Emile Gilliéron junior this year though the precise year of manufacture is unclear.
Bibliography:
Atkinson, T. 1904, Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos. Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Supplementary Papers (London: Macmillan)
- Location
- On display (Department of Ancient Greece & Rome)
- Acquisition date
- 1927 (Registered in this year within group GR 1927,10-15.1-18 but not added to MI+)
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1927,1015.3