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THE POTT ERY.
as XXIII. 7), the spirals theniselves being omitted.1 Compare the evolution
of the 'running hound ' pattern out of a chain of spiral links.
XXIV. 4 and 5, are other fragments which belong to the same inter-
mediate stage. The pattern on XXIV. 5 seems to be mainly composed of a
' running hound ' scheme, and is completed by a floral motive similar
to that of XXIV. 4. Of special interest is the scheme of XXIV. 4 (repeated
on another fragment, and probably to be restored on XXVI. 19 also.) - It
consists of a row of flowers, head downward in this case, connected by formal
arcs. This was a favourite scheme, under various forms, in Egyptian work of
the New Empire (e.g. Petrie, Dccorativc Art, pp. 43,65), and itslater develop-
ments in Greece and Asia are well-known. The Phylakopi pattern, indeed, is
very similar to some of the designs on the bronze bowls from Nineveh.
§ 13.— The /Alter Local Pottcry of (he Mycenaean Period.
The pottery to be described in the present section comprises (1) what I
l;ave called the ' red and black ' class (i.e. vases which have the main part of
the design painted in lustrous colour, and some details added in matt black),
and (2) vases with entirely lustrous decoration. The black accessories came
gradually to be dropped and there is no break between the two groups.
They may therefore be treated as one. At the same time I should like to
emphasize the fact that the following vases are much less homogeneous than
those of Sects. 10 and 12, and that though as a whole the latter are earlier,
yet this division into earlier and later is not to be pressed too strictly in
individual cases: I would not undertake to say, for instance, that XXVII. 2
or XXVII. 4 was not made as early as (or even earlier than) XXIII. 1 or
XVI. (i. I have thought it better, however, not to attempt more subdivision
at the present time when the history of Mycenaean decoration is only
besinning to become clear and definite.
1. XXV. 1 represents one of the most characteristic vase-forms of the early
Mycenaean period. The parallels from Grete and Santorini are well-known to
archaeologists (c.g. Dumont et Chaplain, PI. II., J.H.S. 1901, p. 87. C.) and
the type is Ibund also in the mature Mycenaean style, though it does not
appear in F. and L.'s Formentafel. The earliest type has no moulded rim
round the opening, and looks as if the top of the vase had been sliced clean
off. XXV. 1 has a broad flat rim, and this also is a very common variety.
XXV. 2 has a small rounded rim. In XXV. 3 we see the beginning of a
neck and XXV. 9 shows a fuller development of this Variation. XXV. 9,
like several other examples, is further distinguished by a small vertical
handle at the back in addition to the two usual side-handles. One large
fragment has a straight, horizontally fluted neck, while another has a slight
moulding round the neck like a collar. The lower part of the vessel also
For the corner Ornaments ef. XVII. Hl and XXIV. .">. - See also XXIV. III.
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as XXIII. 7), the spirals theniselves being omitted.1 Compare the evolution
of the 'running hound ' pattern out of a chain of spiral links.
XXIV. 4 and 5, are other fragments which belong to the same inter-
mediate stage. The pattern on XXIV. 5 seems to be mainly composed of a
' running hound ' scheme, and is completed by a floral motive similar
to that of XXIV. 4. Of special interest is the scheme of XXIV. 4 (repeated
on another fragment, and probably to be restored on XXVI. 19 also.) - It
consists of a row of flowers, head downward in this case, connected by formal
arcs. This was a favourite scheme, under various forms, in Egyptian work of
the New Empire (e.g. Petrie, Dccorativc Art, pp. 43,65), and itslater develop-
ments in Greece and Asia are well-known. The Phylakopi pattern, indeed, is
very similar to some of the designs on the bronze bowls from Nineveh.
§ 13.— The /Alter Local Pottcry of (he Mycenaean Period.
The pottery to be described in the present section comprises (1) what I
l;ave called the ' red and black ' class (i.e. vases which have the main part of
the design painted in lustrous colour, and some details added in matt black),
and (2) vases with entirely lustrous decoration. The black accessories came
gradually to be dropped and there is no break between the two groups.
They may therefore be treated as one. At the same time I should like to
emphasize the fact that the following vases are much less homogeneous than
those of Sects. 10 and 12, and that though as a whole the latter are earlier,
yet this division into earlier and later is not to be pressed too strictly in
individual cases: I would not undertake to say, for instance, that XXVII. 2
or XXVII. 4 was not made as early as (or even earlier than) XXIII. 1 or
XVI. (i. I have thought it better, however, not to attempt more subdivision
at the present time when the history of Mycenaean decoration is only
besinning to become clear and definite.
1. XXV. 1 represents one of the most characteristic vase-forms of the early
Mycenaean period. The parallels from Grete and Santorini are well-known to
archaeologists (c.g. Dumont et Chaplain, PI. II., J.H.S. 1901, p. 87. C.) and
the type is Ibund also in the mature Mycenaean style, though it does not
appear in F. and L.'s Formentafel. The earliest type has no moulded rim
round the opening, and looks as if the top of the vase had been sliced clean
off. XXV. 1 has a broad flat rim, and this also is a very common variety.
XXV. 2 has a small rounded rim. In XXV. 3 we see the beginning of a
neck and XXV. 9 shows a fuller development of this Variation. XXV. 9,
like several other examples, is further distinguished by a small vertical
handle at the back in addition to the two usual side-handles. One large
fragment has a straight, horizontally fluted neck, while another has a slight
moulding round the neck like a collar. The lower part of the vessel also
For the corner Ornaments ef. XVII. Hl and XXIV. .">. - See also XXIV. III.
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