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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THE POTTERY OF CYPRUS.

C 502.

C 503.

C 504.

fabric. Bands round spout and on handles ; spiral
on central disc ; on shoulder, pattern of curving
horizontal bands, with three bands all round below.
On the body each side, a cuttle-fish, with eyes in
outline and three large tentacles extending in loops
each side. On each handle is incised h (the
Cypriote sign to).

[Cf. Furtwaengler and Loeschcke, Myken. Vascn,
pi. xiv., No. 8S ; Gottrnia, .pi. x. 12 ; and B.S.A., VI.,
p. 91.]

FALSE-XECKEI) JAR. Ht. 7 in. 1S76 (Cesnola).

Pale buff slip ; black paint. The ornament
on the shoulder consists of short curved lines
radiating from the centre ; round the body, broad
bands and thin lines. On the upper surface of the
false neck, a spiral.

Fig. 176 = C 501.

FALSE-NECKED JAR. Ht. 7 in. Excavated by M. O.-Richter at Phoenikiais, Dali,
1884. Furtwaengler and Loeschcke, Myken, Vasen, p. 26.

Light buff slip ; paint varying from red to dark brown, much worn and
faded. Body pear-shaped, tapering to the foot and broad above. Repaired ;
spout and parts of body wanting. On closed mouth, concentric rings ; paint on

handles and round base of neck ; on the shoulder
body, broad bands and fine rings.

pattern ; on the

FALSE-NECKED JAR. Ht. 7 in. From excavations at Curium (Turner Bequest)
1895 ; tomb 30. Excavations in Cyprus, p. 72, fig. 124 ; Walters Ancient Pottery, I. pi. 15.

Buff slip ; red paint. Made up from fragments and restored in parts ; high
foot. Paint on handles, spout, base of neck, and foot ; on the closed mouth,
concentric rings. On shoulder, chevrons and fine lines ; round body, fine rings
and broad bands.

C 505.

C 506.

FALSE-NECKED JAR, similar. Ht. 7" in. Similarly acquired (tomb 37).

Buff slip ; red paint, darker in places. Made up from fragments. Patterns
as last, except spiral on closed mouth and vertical strokes in
place of chevrons on shoulder.

FALSE-NECKED JAR. Ht. 5J in. From excavations at
Enkomi (Turner Bequest), 1896 ; tomb 45. Excavations in Cyprus,
p. 45, fig. 71.

Pale buff slip ; red paint. Bands of paint on handle,
spout, and foot, and rings on the closed mouth; on the
shoulder, floral pattern four times ; below, round body and
stem, broad and narrow bands. . Fig. 177^0506.