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MYCENAEAN KRATERS.
77
C388.
C389.
C390.
round, broad and narrow bands ; on rim, scroll pattern ; paint on neck (inside
and out), handles, and foot.
KRATER. Ht. 15 in. From excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke, Salt Lake,
Larnaka, 1898.
Flat handles, slightly ridged ; high broad neck and tapering
stem. Buff slip; dark reddish-brown paint. Made up from frag-
ments ; practically complete ; paint much worn. On upper part
of bod)' each side, broad band of overlapping triangles (or
lozenges) filled in with chevrons (Fig. 130) ; below, broad and
narrow bands all round. On the rim, wavy line all round ; paint
on neck (inside and out), handles, and foot
PART OF KRATER. Ht. 11 in. From excavations at Maroni, 1897; tomb 18.
Numerous fragments joined and restored, forming about one-third, with
part of neck but no handles or foot. Reddish-buff slip ; dull purple-red paint.
Debased technique, as C 415-428. Paint on neck; round lower part of vase,
broad and narrow bands. Round upper part of body, frieze of four deer to r.,
looking back, with long horns ; in the field between them are trees or plants.
The bodies of the two hinder ones are painted in silhouette, the others in
outline, with various markings.
AMPHORA (variety of krater with neck). Ht. 15} in. From excavations at Enkomi
(Turner Bequest), 1896 ; tomb 48. Excavations in Cyprus, p. 48, fig. 73.
Globular body ; wide neck with spreading rim ; flat
handles with rounded flanges. Buff slip ; paint varying
from dark red to black, much worn, especially on reverse.
Foot restored, otherwise complete ; reverse in bad con-
dition and design very indistinct. Tooth-pattern on
rim ; on neck, broad wavy line between bands; on
handles, vertical bands with transverse bars, and groups
of curved lines below. On body each side, two ducks
confronted, with large conventional flower between ; the
ducks arc somewhat conventionalised, the heads and
outlines of the bodies being rendered by broad strokes
of the brush, the middle part of the bodies filled in with semicircular black
patches. In the field are filaments of seaweed, and on either side two vertical
lines ; under each handle, a plant.
77
C388.
C389.
C390.
round, broad and narrow bands ; on rim, scroll pattern ; paint on neck (inside
and out), handles, and foot.
KRATER. Ht. 15 in. From excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke, Salt Lake,
Larnaka, 1898.
Flat handles, slightly ridged ; high broad neck and tapering
stem. Buff slip; dark reddish-brown paint. Made up from frag-
ments ; practically complete ; paint much worn. On upper part
of bod)' each side, broad band of overlapping triangles (or
lozenges) filled in with chevrons (Fig. 130) ; below, broad and
narrow bands all round. On the rim, wavy line all round ; paint
on neck (inside and out), handles, and foot
PART OF KRATER. Ht. 11 in. From excavations at Maroni, 1897; tomb 18.
Numerous fragments joined and restored, forming about one-third, with
part of neck but no handles or foot. Reddish-buff slip ; dull purple-red paint.
Debased technique, as C 415-428. Paint on neck; round lower part of vase,
broad and narrow bands. Round upper part of body, frieze of four deer to r.,
looking back, with long horns ; in the field between them are trees or plants.
The bodies of the two hinder ones are painted in silhouette, the others in
outline, with various markings.
AMPHORA (variety of krater with neck). Ht. 15} in. From excavations at Enkomi
(Turner Bequest), 1896 ; tomb 48. Excavations in Cyprus, p. 48, fig. 73.
Globular body ; wide neck with spreading rim ; flat
handles with rounded flanges. Buff slip ; paint varying
from dark red to black, much worn, especially on reverse.
Foot restored, otherwise complete ; reverse in bad con-
dition and design very indistinct. Tooth-pattern on
rim ; on neck, broad wavy line between bands; on
handles, vertical bands with transverse bars, and groups
of curved lines below. On body each side, two ducks
confronted, with large conventional flower between ; the
ducks arc somewhat conventionalised, the heads and
outlines of the bodies being rendered by broad strokes
of the brush, the middle part of the bodies filled in with semicircular black
patches. In the field are filaments of seaweed, and on either side two vertical
lines ; under each handle, a plant.