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ORNATE OR "EMBROIDERY" STYLE. 165
inside and out. On the body, frieze all round with Sphinxes as on last, alternately
to 1. and to r. ; wings spread, tails erect and curled at ends ; faces in outline with
black hair; the rest of the figures red with black outlines and other details.
Between them and under their bodies are lotos plants with large flowers, painted
red with black outlines (cf. C 840). Under each handle, a goat to r., painted
black. Below all round, broad red band with black edges, and broad and narrow
black bands.
C 840. AMPHORA. Form S5. Ht. 26 in. From the Karpas, 1896. PlateVIII.
Form as Cyprus Mus. Cat. 1141, 1157. Body ovoid with flat base; long
cylindrical neck with narrow rim : thick vertical handles on shoulder. Buff slip ;
dark brown paint varying to black and brownish-red. On the mouth, black
bands inside and out, and pattern of chevrons on rim ; handles painted black,
with stripes of paint continued down the sides of the vase. Round the neck,
two bands of rosettes alternating with two of cable-pattern (as on C 838, interior),
divided by red bands between black lines, with broad black band below ; the
rosettes are of eight to ten petals, irregularly drawn in black outline on the clay
ground with red centres on backgrounds of black squares. On the shoulder, three
narrow red bands ; round the body, below the main design, five black bands.
On the body, between the handles each side is a broad frieze. A. Two
Sphinxes to r. confronting one to 1., very rudely drawn as women with canine
bodies attached behind (cf. C 838) ; the arms are not indicated ; the faces are
in outline, and the feet coloured red. They have long flowing black hair, and
wear spotted peaked caps and long loose red garments, spotted black, with patterns
. of concentric arcs within a right angle at waist and on hem ; the hinder one on
the 1. seems to show the inside of her dress, which is similarly ornamented but in
outline, with brown lines across corners and red spots. The dog-bodies are coloured
red with black outlines and inner markings of lines and spots ; they have long curly
tails ringed with black. The one on the 1. has the wings coloured red with patterns
of black lines ; one wing is shown under the body ; the next has the 1. wing
drawn in outline with black markings and a large patch of red ; the third has
a similar r. wing, but no red. In the field are various designs in outline : below
the first Sphinx a fish to r., and in front two lotos-flowers ; between the other
two are two leaves and a lotos-flo.ver, and under their bodies are markings of
black lines and red spots, possibly indicating the second wing in each case (but
cf. B below). At each end of the scene is a large lotos-flower.
B. On the 1., two women confronted, each holding up a leaf with the inner
hand and a large lotos-flower with the outer ; their faces are in outline, and they
have long black hair and long loose red garments with black borders. Between
them is a large conventionalised lotos-flower ; on 1., a bird to r. conventionally
drawn in outline with spotted bod)', and a small lotos-flower. On the r. are two
Sphinxes as on A, confronted ; their bodies are covered with black bands and
chevrons, and each shows the inside of her dress marked with bars, spots, and
chevrons indicating feathers ; the exterior of each dress is coloured red with
inside and out. On the body, frieze all round with Sphinxes as on last, alternately
to 1. and to r. ; wings spread, tails erect and curled at ends ; faces in outline with
black hair; the rest of the figures red with black outlines and other details.
Between them and under their bodies are lotos plants with large flowers, painted
red with black outlines (cf. C 840). Under each handle, a goat to r., painted
black. Below all round, broad red band with black edges, and broad and narrow
black bands.
C 840. AMPHORA. Form S5. Ht. 26 in. From the Karpas, 1896. PlateVIII.
Form as Cyprus Mus. Cat. 1141, 1157. Body ovoid with flat base; long
cylindrical neck with narrow rim : thick vertical handles on shoulder. Buff slip ;
dark brown paint varying to black and brownish-red. On the mouth, black
bands inside and out, and pattern of chevrons on rim ; handles painted black,
with stripes of paint continued down the sides of the vase. Round the neck,
two bands of rosettes alternating with two of cable-pattern (as on C 838, interior),
divided by red bands between black lines, with broad black band below ; the
rosettes are of eight to ten petals, irregularly drawn in black outline on the clay
ground with red centres on backgrounds of black squares. On the shoulder, three
narrow red bands ; round the body, below the main design, five black bands.
On the body, between the handles each side is a broad frieze. A. Two
Sphinxes to r. confronting one to 1., very rudely drawn as women with canine
bodies attached behind (cf. C 838) ; the arms are not indicated ; the faces are
in outline, and the feet coloured red. They have long flowing black hair, and
wear spotted peaked caps and long loose red garments, spotted black, with patterns
. of concentric arcs within a right angle at waist and on hem ; the hinder one on
the 1. seems to show the inside of her dress, which is similarly ornamented but in
outline, with brown lines across corners and red spots. The dog-bodies are coloured
red with black outlines and inner markings of lines and spots ; they have long curly
tails ringed with black. The one on the 1. has the wings coloured red with patterns
of black lines ; one wing is shown under the body ; the next has the 1. wing
drawn in outline with black markings and a large patch of red ; the third has
a similar r. wing, but no red. In the field are various designs in outline : below
the first Sphinx a fish to r., and in front two lotos-flowers ; between the other
two are two leaves and a lotos-flo.ver, and under their bodies are markings of
black lines and red spots, possibly indicating the second wing in each case (but
cf. B below). At each end of the scene is a large lotos-flower.
B. On the 1., two women confronted, each holding up a leaf with the inner
hand and a large lotos-flower with the outer ; their faces are in outline, and they
have long black hair and long loose red garments with black borders. Between
them is a large conventionalised lotos-flower ; on 1., a bird to r. conventionally
drawn in outline with spotted bod)', and a small lotos-flower. On the r. are two
Sphinxes as on A, confronted ; their bodies are covered with black bands and
chevrons, and each shows the inside of her dress marked with bars, spots, and
chevrons indicating feathers ; the exterior of each dress is coloured red with