Object photograph·fol. 33r

Bowls, dishes and jewellery arranged in rows

Shallow bowls, large dishes, a small handled vessel and a tangled cluster of jewellery laid out on a dark surface — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 33r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Shallow bowls and round dishes are arranged in two rows against a dark background, with a row of five dishes along the top. A tangled cluster of ornaments and chain sits near the centre, with a small handled vessel and tiny cups and cubes among the other pieces. Two large dishes fill the lower foreground, one of them holding a cracked bowl.

English

Bowls, dishes and jewellery arranged in rows: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 33r.