Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 4,2): Camp-stool Fresco, long-robed priests and beneficent genii [...] (London, 1935)

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STAL FABRICS IN PALACE ATELIERS

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Palace lapidaries had access Crystal
to large blocks of rock-crys- J^JSl
tal, whether Cretan or im-
ported remains uncertain.

A crystal pommel of a
smalldagger-blade,Fig.900,£,
showing its rivet-hole, also be-
longed to the Throne Room
hoard, and it seems probable
that the specimen, Fig. 902,
also formed part of this
deposit.

Clearly the Palace ate-
Izerswere then much occupied
with fabrics in rock crystal,
which also gave scope for a
special class of miniaturists.

Fig. 901 a, b. Small Crystal Bowl, 'Lustral
Basin' Deposit.

Fig. 902. Crystal Pom-
mel of Dagger.

Shell Cameo with Dagger and Baldric, and Malachite Tridacna Shell.

With-these other objects was an example of engraving m relief more
characteristic of a much later Age. It is in fact a cameo, execu=d, it
would appear in tridacna shell, to represent a dagger attached to

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