Welcome to the Tracking Colour objects database. It contains information on ancient artworks from the collections of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek examined for their original polychromy.
All objects 173 objects
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Pinax with warriors
- HIN 796
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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Fragmented pinax depicting two warriors.
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Pinax fragments depicting a naked man and a black hand
- HIN 794
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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Fragmented pinax depicting two individuals - a naked young man and an second unidentified indivdual, where only an outreaching hand is preserved.
The upper edge of the pinax is decorated with a band of red lozenges w...
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Antefix with female head
- HIN 452
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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This beautiful "antefix":/objects/124/attachments/367 has well-preserved traces of original colour which are visible to the naked eye.
The "palmette leaves":/objects/124/attachments/372 were once painted alternately ...
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Antefix with female head
- HIN 453
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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This beautiful "antefix":/objects/123/attachments/345 has well-preserved traces of original polychromy.
The palmette leaves are painted alternately black and red with white outlines while the background around them i...
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Statuette of Hermes
- HIN 423a
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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Statuette of Hermes standing against a pillar. He is rendered naked, except from a cloak worn over the shoulders and boots.
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Male statuette
- HIN 423b
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The male statuette is well-preserved with only some of the fingers missing on both hands. He is standing against a pillar and is wearing a cloak, loincloth and boots.
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Lid from a sarcophagus
- IN 431
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The sarcophagus fragment is well preserved and shows extensive remains of antique polychromy. A white ground is found on the sides of the fragment, partially in the ears and on the hair, along the sides of the face an...
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Antefix with silen head
- HIN 68
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The polychromy on the antefix is rather well-preserved. The colour palette is limited to calcite, red ochre, carbon black and Egyptian blue. Mineral clays constitute an essential part of the entire stratigraphy sugges...