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Walters, Henry Beauchamp; British Museum <London> [Editor]
Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 1,2): Cypriote, Italian, and Etruscan pottery — London, 1912

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MYCENAEAN KRATERS.

8l

°399.

similar plant, mostly obliterated. B. Similar scene : on 1., murex-shell, plant as
before, and zigzag vertical line ; on r., zigzag line and similar plant ; chariot with
figures mostly obliterated.

PART OF KRATER, as last. Ht. 13} in. ; diam. 13 in. (unrestored pari). From
excavations at Klavdia, near Larnaka, 1899; tomb A. 4.

Buff slip ; red paint varying to black. Very fragmentary ; whole of lower
part and much of upper restored, and the rest pieced together. Bands above
and below design, on rim, and interior ; paint on handles.

A. Man to 1., nude, holding a leash in each hand, to which is attached a
dog (?) springing up towards him ; on 1., bull to r., with head turned back,
the body in outline, filled in with spots ; hind part wanting. In the field

througho

ut, ^J* patterns of various sizes. B. Probably similar, but only fore-

Part and hind-legs of bull remain.

400.

KRATER. Ht. 12'

Diam. 12 in. From excavations at Klavdia, near Larnaka,

1899.

Sides slightly curved ; very narrow rim. Buff slip ; black paint, thinned
out in parts. Made up from fragments and restored including handles. Bands
on rim (inside and out), in interior, and
°n foot, and three broad ones below
design.

A. In middle an altar-like struc-
ture, with large chequers representing
stones and wavy lines down edges, on
cither side of which is a large bird to
'"•, the one on 1. with head turned back
(c^ C 332) j on their necks are short
strokes, on bodies, vertical zigzag lines,
and on tail of left-hand bird, scale
Pattern ; in field, two rosettes of
dots. B. Similar design : upper part
°f altar and head of bird on 1. want-
Ing ; on body of this bird, oblique zi;
a'id has large round eyes like an
as on A.

zag lines
owl ; in

; the other is painted solid,
the field are four rosettes

%

FRAGMENTS OF KRATER. From excavations at Enkomi (Turner Bequest), 1S96;
tonib 12. Excavation-: in Cyprus, p. 39, fig. 67 ; J.H.S., XXL (1901), p. 107.

About twelve fragments joined and restored ; handles and lower part
entirely wanting. Buff slip ; black paint turning to yellow in places, and much
tailed.

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