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EARLY GRAECO-PHOENICIAN FABRICS.
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it, seizing it by the ears, and is about to dispatch it with a hammer. B. Perseus
slaying the Gorgon : Of this subject, complete when the vase was found, little
now remains, viz. : (1) upper part of Perseus to 1., holding out the Gorgon's
head ; he is nude and bearded and wears a fringed cap ; (2) head and r. arm
holding hammer, of a man as in A, fixing a naill in the Gorgon's body ;
(3) part of Cretan goat to r., and upper part of a man, as before, shooting an
arrow at it ; (4) head of another animal. Under one handle, between two
cypress or pine-trees (notched stems, leaves red with black outlines), bird to r.
as on (A), with red on tail and hatched lines on rest of body. Under the other
handle, deer to 1. between two trees as before ; body red, outlined black, and
antlers of tree-form.
[Cf. for the Perseus scene, the sarcophagus from Amathus (Cesnola, Cyprus, pi. 15).]
^ 737. OLPE. Form 89. Ht. 8$ in. From excavations at Enkomi (Turner Bequest), 1896 ;
tomb 80. See Cyprus Mils. Cat. p. 185.
Drab slip with dull black paint and washes of red
and brown (like the preceding vase). Band of paint on
handle ; on shoulder, band of chevrons ; on the neck, a
frieze with black band above, and vertical borders of
red bands bordered by black zigzags.
Four bearded men confronted in pairs, drawn in
dark brown outline filled in with thin brown wash to
express flesh-colour: (1) and (2) have r. arm extended,
hair erect, and loose garments reaching to the knees ;
(3) wears a similar garment painted dark red ; (4) has a
close-fitting garment drawn in at the waist with a belt,
and holds up a °-shaped object in r. hand, in 1. a sword
point upwards. Fig. 273 = c 737-
r^mm
2. EARLY GRAECO-PHOENICIAX FABRICS (C 738-812).
About 850-700 B.C.
Decoration in lustreless black or dark umber paint, with occasional use of
purple-red for details, on a light lustreless ground, the slip varying in quality.
The more carefully executed varieties (C 738-791) more or less reflect
Mycenaean influence, in decoration rather than in form or technique ; the
ornamentation is almost exclusively linear or geometrical. C 792-812 show
more variety of technique but mostly of an inferior character. The prevailing
forms are large kraters or amphorae, shallow bowls or plates, and globular or
barrel-shaped flasks. In the plates the predominance given to external
decoration should be noted ; in the jugs and flasks, the gradual evolution of the
concentric circles as a decorative motive, further developed in C 860 fif.
1 See Rev. Arch., IX. (18S7), p. Si. For a dill description of the subjects on this side, made while it
was more complete, see op. cit. In (3) and (4) Keinach gives three complete animals.
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it, seizing it by the ears, and is about to dispatch it with a hammer. B. Perseus
slaying the Gorgon : Of this subject, complete when the vase was found, little
now remains, viz. : (1) upper part of Perseus to 1., holding out the Gorgon's
head ; he is nude and bearded and wears a fringed cap ; (2) head and r. arm
holding hammer, of a man as in A, fixing a naill in the Gorgon's body ;
(3) part of Cretan goat to r., and upper part of a man, as before, shooting an
arrow at it ; (4) head of another animal. Under one handle, between two
cypress or pine-trees (notched stems, leaves red with black outlines), bird to r.
as on (A), with red on tail and hatched lines on rest of body. Under the other
handle, deer to 1. between two trees as before ; body red, outlined black, and
antlers of tree-form.
[Cf. for the Perseus scene, the sarcophagus from Amathus (Cesnola, Cyprus, pi. 15).]
^ 737. OLPE. Form 89. Ht. 8$ in. From excavations at Enkomi (Turner Bequest), 1896 ;
tomb 80. See Cyprus Mils. Cat. p. 185.
Drab slip with dull black paint and washes of red
and brown (like the preceding vase). Band of paint on
handle ; on shoulder, band of chevrons ; on the neck, a
frieze with black band above, and vertical borders of
red bands bordered by black zigzags.
Four bearded men confronted in pairs, drawn in
dark brown outline filled in with thin brown wash to
express flesh-colour: (1) and (2) have r. arm extended,
hair erect, and loose garments reaching to the knees ;
(3) wears a similar garment painted dark red ; (4) has a
close-fitting garment drawn in at the waist with a belt,
and holds up a °-shaped object in r. hand, in 1. a sword
point upwards. Fig. 273 = c 737-
r^mm
2. EARLY GRAECO-PHOENICIAX FABRICS (C 738-812).
About 850-700 B.C.
Decoration in lustreless black or dark umber paint, with occasional use of
purple-red for details, on a light lustreless ground, the slip varying in quality.
The more carefully executed varieties (C 738-791) more or less reflect
Mycenaean influence, in decoration rather than in form or technique ; the
ornamentation is almost exclusively linear or geometrical. C 792-812 show
more variety of technique but mostly of an inferior character. The prevailing
forms are large kraters or amphorae, shallow bowls or plates, and globular or
barrel-shaped flasks. In the plates the predominance given to external
decoration should be noted ; in the jugs and flasks, the gradual evolution of the
concentric circles as a decorative motive, further developed in C 860 fif.
1 See Rev. Arch., IX. (18S7), p. Si. For a dill description of the subjects on this side, made while it
was more complete, see op. cit. In (3) and (4) Keinach gives three complete animals.