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There are 79 objects for which Condition contains → clear
14.9.41 Dirty buff clay, black paint. Outside: narrow band at rim, two rows of dots, plain bands. Inside: clear buff unpainted.
14.9.6 Fragment. Paint is still clear and not very tarnished.
14.9.85 Glaze remains good on both surfaces but better ont he interior. Delicate incision and colour is clear and in good condition.
14.9.86 Rim, handle and part of body of kylix remain. Design is clear and glaze remains on inside and out.
19.53.86 Single fragment preserving only the head of female figurine, broken at the neck. In good condition, crack at top of nose and slightly worn but features still clear.
2005.3.24 Single fragment, good condition, incisions still clear and paint is only slightly worn, surface on fragment has deposits of gray.
2008.7.185 Fragment; badly worn, deocration faded and discolored, but patterns are fairly clear; large chip on the exterior; interior worn and chipped too.
2008.7.48 Fragment; worn and chipped throughout, but decoration still clear; "Aphrodite Aegina" handwritten in pencil on interior.
2008.9.3 Fragment; decoration quite clear.
22.3.39 Design remains clear and lustre remains. Some discolouring of white paint.
23.11.31L Fragmented, cracked, and chipped, with no clear defining features except shield. Brownish-grey colour.
25.8.2 Stands unevenly. Paint is good condition and picture is clear. Rim is a little damaged and one section of the wall has been repaired.
25.9.4 Black paint has worn on base and mouth. Main design remains clear. Colour varies on back from pink to cream.
26.12.1 Intact. Partial erosion of paint but pattern remains clear.
26.12.11 Incomplete and repaired. Large area missing from side and smaller fragments missing elsewhere. White deposits inside. One handle missing. Paint remains clear and colourful on the parts that remain.
26.12.12 Soft material, prone to crumbling and surface is dusty. Design is still clear although paint has begun to flake away.
26.12.15 Repaired from many fragments and joins have been painted. Design on the outer surface remains clear and the glaze is still shiny.
26.12.17 Part of one handle missing and restored from ca. 15 fragments, with some portions filled in with plaster on both sides, and some repainting. Small chips on rim and slightly worn on foot. Interior surface remains shiny and picture remains clear.
26.12.18 Restored in two places at rim. Paint worn from handles. Design on the outer surface remains clear. Band on base worn badly. 7 drill holes in bottom of foot (taken by conservator Fred 214 for researcher)
26.12.24A-B The flat surface of the knob on the lid has a white deposit on it, which can also be found at the base of the stem, and around one side of the rim. Small cracks in the glaze are evident around the the base of the stem, and small scratches are clear around the surface of the rim. The very edge of the rim has some small chips in it. On the inside of the lid, there is one deep scratch, and a hole, as well as more of the same white deposit. The rim and inside of the main body has got more deposit on it, but this is a brighter white. The gloss also shows signs of wear with scratches and flakes in the surface. Near one handle, there is a chip on the rim. One handle is covered in a yellowish/white deposit. More pale white deposit can be found on the foot and on the black band above it. There are several small scratches and chips in the base of the foot.
26.12.25 Intact. Design on top surface remains clear. Paint on spout, handle and base is worn.
26.12.3 Small hole in body has perhaps been filled to repair. Much wear on paint although lion remain clear.
26.12.30 Intact. Flakes of glaze are missing all over the surface, both inside and out, especially around the edge of the handles and the rim. A white deposit is clear not only on the inside of the Kantharos, but also in large quantities on the outside, including the base of the foot.
26.4.1A-B Much repair to lid which was in fragments but now almost complete apart from small piece of rim from underside. Paint dull on lid but remains clear on bottom piece. Two feet have been repaired and repainted and small part of lower rim is missing.
26.7.4 Intact. Chip to body. Design remains clear and the colours have not eroded.
26.7.6 Two parts of mouth missing. Design still clear. Some flakes from body.
28.6.1 Intact. Crack around the base of the neck. Small chips of paint from lip and mouth and handle. Main design is clear and the glaze remains.
29.11.5 Incomplete and repaired in many pieces. Paint remains clear although the gloss inside has worn away.
34.10.13 Intact. Small chips on rim and foot. Design remains clear. Small chips to paint around mouth. Body beneath handle is red in places, with small amount of white deposit.
34.10.17 Complete. The white slip has worn away in places, and there is a smooth grey deposit evident in patches. Also, the munsell colour shows through. The features of the face are still fairly clear, but the eyes seem worn. The surface all over feels smooth, but the base of the neck is slightly uneven and a bit chipped.
34.10.26 Intact but not complete. Detail of the hair remains very clear, but the features on the face are less so. The eyes have been worn almost completely away, and the nose has a chip in one side. At the top of the forhead, just where the hair begins, is a hole. The top and back are uneven and show small holes on the surface. There is a small amount of dirty deposit at the base of the neck, and inside the hollow of the head.
34.10.3 Repaired mouth with some parts missing. Design still clear to distinguish.
34.8.1 Neck has been repaired. Object is complete. Surface is badly damaged and paint has suffered from age on all areas. Nike herself, remains clear and undamaged.
35.4.1 Complete but repaired and restored with plaster. Design remains very clear.
37.11.1 Intact and shape undamaged. Colouring is worn away but the pattern of scales still remains clear. Most worn is the handle and the top of the mouth.
37.7.5 Complete but repaired in both sides. White, chalky deposits around handles. Paint slightly chipped on rim, handles, and exterior. Design remains clear and colourful although side A is clearer and in slightly better condition than side B.
39.8.5 Glaze remains and detail is clear in paint but thinned glaze is becoming harder to see.
39.9.5 Clear red paint remains. Intact. Wearing of paint on body. Small chips in side of body.
44.6.1 Handle missing. Intact and clear pattern remains.
47.10.1 Faded paint on mouth rim. Incision lines remain clear. Intact. Crack in base of handle.
47.2.23 Intact. White deposit on rim, paint worn in places. Design still very clear.
47.2.8 Rim and side of bowl comprised of three rejoined pieces, although lustre and stamped design remain clear. White deposition on the ring foot. Gloss flaked off from part of the rim and the body. Gloss is not lustrous.
47.7.2 Almost intact apart from a chip to the mouth; slightly chips on the surface, and worn on the top of the handle and the mouth. Animals remain clear and the gloss is shiny apart from around base which is a little streaky.
47.8.1 Part of one side missing. Paint faded or fired to red. Picture still clear.
48.5.1 Intact. Pattern inside remains clear but some of the main pictures have faded badly (especially C). No significant damage to rims or handles.
49.1.2 Intact, with only slight chips on the base. The design remains very clear and the glaze is shiny and complete. Only the white paint has suffered a little. There are deposits inside the rim.
49.8.12 Paint has worn badly on the mouth and the handle. The paint on the body remains clear depite the original mistakes by the decorator. Chip on the base, smaller around the rim. Depositions around the stem. Gloss applied carelessly on the exterior of the mouth.
49.8.2 Almost intact (only one bit has been pitched off). The gloss has lost its lustre but yellow and white remain clear. Small dark deposits on underside.
49.8.3 Intact and very well preserved. Paint remains clear and there are very few chips in the rim.
49.8.4 Intact except for one chip on body and some small around the ring foot. Paint worn on mouth and especially handle and parts of the body. Most of decoration survives and body pattern is clear.
49.8.8 Intact. Small chip on the neck. Gloss is shiny and picture remains clear. On the back side of the body, gloss is faded. Paint worn on handle and under mouth rim. White paint has faded. white deposits on the top of the foot. Colour remains clear.
51.4.10 Intact. Colours and design remains clear. Glaze remains shiny. Very good condition. Small chips on the lower part of the body and the rim. Glaze thinly applied on the eyes on side B and clay can be seen underneath.
51.4.7 Comprised of two fragments joining. Colour and incised detail remain clear. Glaze still a little shiny on interior but not so much on exterior surface.
51.7.9 Very worn around handle, mouth and one side of object. Suprisingly clear decorative banding and leaf motif in places. Intact.
54.2.3 Intact. Some deposits on outside. Carved pattern remains clear. Coarse Ware.
57.7.9 Very worn around handle, mouth and one side of object. Suprisingly clear decorative banding and leaf motif in places. Intact.
71.6.3 Complete but repaired. Figures remain clear but the black glaze has become streaky. Paint surface flaked away inside by one handle revealing the clay.
E.23.38 Intact, it is clear from the top and bottom part of the artefact that it has been removed from a larger object, since they appear to be thinner than the rest of the object and therefore look like 'connectors' of some kind. There appears to be very little degradation of the wood. There are some remnants of a white pigment on the lower half.
E.23.56 Intact and complete, although the glaze is mostly gone most of the green pigment remains. The details remain clear although the inscription is incomplete.
E.62.10 Intact if fragmentary, the wood is somewhat degraded and there are three large chips, two at the top and one running along the side of the main body. It is clear from the state of the state of the foot that it has been snapped off a larger object.
E.62.17 Intact and complete. The details are still clear and there is no obvious damage to the artefact.
E.62.18 Intact and complete. There is a large chip in the thorax and the edge of the base is highly chipped. The details however remain clear.
E.62.48 Intact if only a fragment. The glyphs are still very clear, except one of the right hand side, the fourt glyph down, that has been rubbed away. There is also a white deposit at the bottom of the object on the right. Overall there has been very little degredation of the wood.
E.62.49 Intact but not complete. The top right quater of the painted scene is gone. The wood is not particularly degraded and the actual remaining inscription is well preserved and quite clear.
E.62.60 Intact. No major chips or dents (except one dent near the base which is a result of bad workmanship or is designed to allow the pot), very little deposit. The decoration is still very clear.
E.62.8 Intact and the surface remains smooth although discoloured to red, green, yellow, black, brown and orange. There is still lustre on the surface and the incised lines are still clear except for the two on the outer surface. Two small holes have formed in the folded over rim.
E.65.14 Intact but a fragment, the glaze is gone as has much of the colour, there is an obvious crack near the foot of the fragment and it is clear from both ends of the fragment it has been snapped off.
REDMG:1935.87.19 Intact but with a couple of small chips on the body. Decoration very worn around mouth; images remain reasonably clear despite erosion of colouring.
REDMG:1953.25.106 Colours remain vibrant and in blocks. The design has remained clear. The drawing of the animal has worn a little but is still visible.
REDMG:1953.25.107 Paint remains clear and in solid blocks. The relief remains unworn. Deposits have clung to the underside material.
REDMG:1953.25.83 Intact if fragmentary. The facial features, especially the nose and right ear, have worn down quite considerably although it is still clear what they are meant to be. The line of breakage is straight, falling from the right ear to the middle of the left side of the neck.
REDMG:2004.95.1 Restored (foot and handle) smoothed over with plaster (especially clear at join of handle to body and neck) with repainting (especially on handle). White glue remains where the foot was (more recently?) rejoined. Surface scratched and stained a dark orange (perhaps intentionally); dent just above foot.
TEMP.2002.9.2 Five fragments remain in two pieces (one has three rejoined and the other has two). Paint remains clear enough to see the picture. Glaze is streaky inside but silvery on the outside.
TEMP.2002.9.26 Repaired. Paint has worn on the interior surface and on the lower black band. The swan remains clear.
TEMP.2002.9.27 Deposits and discolouration on the fractured edges. Paint remains clear and pattern visible although surface between has become dull.
TEMP.2007.3.50 red in colour, clear on the reverse, worn away on the obverse; worn on right side of obverse; complete
TEMP.2007.3.56 discolouration, worn all over; on obverse, text and image worn and on reverse, text on left is clear but right hand side is worn; complete
TEMP.2007.3.59 well preserved, reatined colour; not very worn, still clear; images complete
TEMP.2007.3.77 red and green discolouration but good overall; slightly worn but still clear; 2 small dents in edge and extra bit on the side
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