Catalogue of Cycladic Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum The Captive Spirit2-Vol Set

Name: Catalogue of Cycladic Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum The Captive Spirit2-Vol Set
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ISBN: 9780199513741

ISBN-10: 0199513740

ISBN-13: 9780199513741

Edition: 2000

Authors: Susan. Sherratt

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The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, contains one of the best and most representative collections of Bronze Age Cycladic art outside Greece. Much of this was acquired by purchase or gift in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the interest of Sir Arthur Evans, the eminent archaeologist, at that time Keeper of the Museum. The first comprehensive, fully illustrated account of the contents of this internationally significant collection, it includes results from new scientific and technical examinations of these outstanding works of art of marble, metal, stone, clay, and shell. In addition to over 30 marble figurines it includes such unique items as metal models of the longboats…

Book details

List price: $510.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/29/2001
Binding: Box or Slipcased
Pages: 744
Size: 8.80" wide x 10.90" long x 2.90" tall
Weight: 6.402
Language: English



Introduction to the Ashmolean Cycladic Collection


The Prehistoric Cyclades: An Introduction Catalogue Associated groups Stone axes, axe-pestles, and chisels Copper and bronze weapons and tools


Silver objects Lead objects Marble and stone vessels and bowls Marble figurines Obsidian and other stone tools, implements, and beads


Shell objects Terracotta loomweights and spindle whorls


Terracotta figurines Sealstones


Pottery Cycladica from Crete Dubitanda Objects whose whereabouts are unknown Concordances Museum Numbers


Provenance or Alleged Provenance


Donors/Vendors, Purchasers, and Previous Owners