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Illustration of fragments of wall painting showing flying fish, in blue and yellow. Framed. The original description in the catalogue reads: "17-18 Wall paintings from houses of Middle Cycladic date: These are not strictly fresco, but were painted on thin limewash, sometimes obliterating earlier decorations. A jar from settlement contained the crimson pigment, a mixed silicate and oxide of iron; other colours are blue, yellow, white, and a faded red, with black for outlines. The designs are in Cretan style: but compare the naturalistic decoration of the pottery (2-6, 8a above). 18 Fresco-Painting of Flying Fish among rocks, seaweed and shells: a portion only of a large composition represented by many fragments: a masterpiece of Minoan naturalism." |
