Domestic and Public Wall Painting
Object Type
Paintings and Drawings
Material
Painting, Stone
Country of Origin
Greece
Credit
The Government of the Hellenic Republic
Caption
Import Restricted since 2011.
Section I.H.1 of Designated List in force since 2011.
These are painted on mudplaster, lime plaster (wet -- buon fresco -- and dry -- secco fresco); types include simple applied color, bands and borders, landscapes, scenes of people and/or animals in natural or built settings.
Approximate date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 324 A.D.
Example shown:
Wall Painting depicting the three stages of a ritual game, known as "tayrokathapsia"
Material: Fresco Painting on mortar; Period: Middle Minoan IIIB - Late Minoan I (1600-1480 B.C.); Provenance: Palace of Knosos, Crete; Place of Production: Crete; Dimensions: height - 92 cm. / length - 1.67 m.
Archaeological Museum of Herakleio