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 POTTED' OF CYPRUS.

of eight and seven rings respectively ; four groups of small concentric circles
each side surrounding the central one, and two only on front, the three below
the central one wanting.

C 922. OINOCHOE. Form 6 (nearly). Ht. 9I in. From Amathus. Presented by the

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1880.

Globular body ; cylindrical neck with plain lip ; small handle attached to
middle of neck. Light brownish-red slip ; dull black paint. Surface scraped
in parts. Paint on mouth ; rings and bands round neck ; on handle, ladder
pattern. On body, intersecting circular bands of six fine rings, one horizontal,'
the others vertical, the latter enclosing (in the middle of each side) a group of
concentric rings.

C 923. OINOCHOE. Form no. Ht. 9] in. Acquired 1909.

Globular body ; long narrow neck with trefoil
mouth; handle of two ribs. Brownish-red slip; black
paint. Surface worn in places. Bands of paint on lip,
neck, and handle. On the body, intersecting bands of
fine rings, horizontal and vertical (twelve rings in each
band) ; the vertical bands enclose on each side a group
of concentric rings surrounded by a ring of smaller
groups in pairs (six pairs in all) ; between the points of
intersection each side are three similar groups of small
rings. On the shoulder in front is a goat to r., in
outline with spots on body ; in the field, four groups of
concentric circles ; below, a group of concentric circles,
with six smaller groups in the field ; under the handle, seven groups of small
circles arranged in T-form.

Fig.

= C023

5. (2). (/;). (ii). With useofwhite for details (C 924-943 ;
C 924. OINOCHOE. Form no'. Ht. iof in. Acquired 1909.

Form as C 923, but neck longer and slimmer. Red
slip; black paint with purple and' white accessories.
Bands of paint on lip, neck, and handle. On the bod}',
intersecting bands as last, with six rings in each, enclosing
a central white disc (the centre left red), on which are
remains of a pattern in black ; round the disc, a ring
and two bands, and beyond, eight groups of concentric
circles in pairs (three circles in each group). On the
shoulder, a spotted stag to r. and three groups of circles
(as before) ; below, two groups of circles, a white disc
with purple centre surrounded by black rays, enclosed
in a black band, and a group of concentric rings ; under
the handle, similar group of rings.

see also C 1034-1035).

303 = C 024.