WALL AROUND CASE B. Spiral Fresco

Accession Number GB/1648/AJE/4/1/8/11/1
Artist John Percival Droop
Year early 20th century
Dimensions 45 x 18 cm
Medium painting
Location Ashmolean Museum
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Painting of the Spiral Fresco by John Percival Droop. This example was found in the North West Fresco heap but was described by Evans as almost identical to one found in the Room of the Medallion Pithoi, and he used this image in the Palace of Minos to illustrate it.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1921. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, I, pp. 374-375, fig. 272

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 20