Walters, Henry Beauchamp; British Museum <London> [Hrsg.]: 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 832.

C 833.

C 834.

OINOCHOE, upper part of. Form 102. Ht. 3I in. From
excavations at Curium (Turner Bequest), 1895 ; tomb 8. Excavations
in Cyprus, p. 75, fig. 131.

Form as before. Pale buff slip ; purple-brown paint.
Design as last; in the field, rows of short strokes.

OINOCHOE. Form 91. Ht. 5! in. Presented by A. W. Fig. 295 = C 832.

Franks, Esq., 1879.

Globular body ; swelling neck with trefoil lip ; flat handle.
Drab slip ; black paint with dark red accessories. Eyes on lip ;
on neck, wavy line and red band between black lines ; on handle,
pattern as C 818, with loop at base. On the body in front, an
elaborate design of various patterns combined (see Fig. 296) ; on
either side, chain of chevrons between two hook-crosses.

Fig. 296
: C 833 (part).

OINOCHOE. Form 91. Ht. 7! in. 1876 (Cesnola).

Form as Cyprus Mas. Cat. 1048 ; trefoil mouth. Drab slip ; black paint.
Rings round neck ; eyes on lip; on handle, vertical stripes with groups of cross-
bars at intervals, and a curved band below. On the body in front, a group of
chevrons, the lower one broader than the rest, with two hook-crosses each side.

C 835. OINOCHOE. Ht. 4-} in. Probably from Dali (M. O.-Richter), 1884.

Wide neck, with flat, circular rim and slim handle ; shoulder marked off
from body. Drab slip ; dull dark brown and purple paint. Mouth damaged ;
surface in bad condition ; a projection in front broken off(?). On handle, ladder
pattern ; rings on rim and bands round neck. On the shoulder each side, a
panel with lotos-flower and two sprays, bordered by rows of vertical lines, with
a row of loops down the r. side of the panel ; below, rings between bands, the
middle one purple.

C 836. FLASK. Ht. 4 in. Length, 7} in. 1876 (Cesnola).

Roughly modelled in form of bird, the body of pointed oval form with long-
necked spout in place of head, the lip pinched up to imitate a beak ; thick
looped handle on back ; base rounded. Drab slip ; black and purple-red paint.
On lip, red ring and eyes painted in black ; on neck, six black rings and broad
red band at base; bars of red on handle and down back. On the body each
side, a pointed oval panel framed with lines of black, in which are patches of red
divided by groups of black cross-lines, probably a rough imitation of plumage.

4. ORNATE OR "EMBROIDERY" STYLE. C 837-859.

Characteristic subsidiary ornamentation, especially on the necks of vases,
with rows of pattern often "reserved" in the ground of the clay on a dark back-
ground. Figure-subjects of frequent occurrence ; general richness of decoration
aimed at in all cases, and variety of colour-effect. These vases seem to be con-
temporary with the XXVIth Dynasty (about650-550B.C.). Seethe Introduction.