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.

angles flat handles of three ribs ending in a flat oblong piece on the rim.

red slip, much worn, and covered in parts with white slip ; designs in

Repaired, but complete. Ladder-pattern on rim and upper handles;

handles painted black ; on neck each side, groups of

small concentric circles, and round base, black band with

white spots. On the shoulder each side, two panels

divided by parallel lines ; in each a large lotos-flower,

black with details in white ; on each side of it, four groups

of small concentric circles vertically placed ; the right-hand

lotos has a similar group in the middle ; the design on

the rev. is partly obliterated. Round the body, broad

white bands, the upper with a row of concentric circles

in black, between black bands ; under each handle a

group of circles. Round the foot, black rings and a broad

white band with zigzag pattern in black.

Dull
black,
lower

Fig- 329 — C 93C.

C 937. AMPHORA. Form 106. Ht. 4^ in. From excavations at Kouklia (Old

Paphos), 1899.

Bod)- egg-shaped ; wide neck ; small vertical handles close to
sides. Red slip ; black paint with white accessories. Paint on rim
and handles ; round neck, three fine rings and narrow band with white
spots ; round body, rings and bands.

C 938. JAR. Ht. 4^ in. From R. H. Lang's excavations at Dali ; acquired 1873.

Squat body; small double-ribbed side-handles ; short neck with plain
mouth ; small foot. Red slip, highly polished ; black and white paint. Paint
on handles and foot; bands on neck and rim ; on shoulder, fine black rings
alternating with white bands. On the body each side, three groups of small
concentric circles between two larger groups (three rings in each) ; below, white
band between two bands of black rings ; rings round foot.

C 939 JAR. Form 106 (nearly). Ht. 4§ in. From excavations at Poli. Presented by the

Cyprus Exploration Fund, 1890.

Body widening towards base ; very small loop-handles. Red slip ; black
and white paint. A hole in the side, made by the excavator's pick. Rim black
with white band inside ; on shoulder, black and white bands ; round body, white
wavy line on red ground, and narrow white lines alternating with broad
black ones.

C 940. JAR. Ht. 7 in. 1876 (Cesnola).

Form peculiar, as if in imitation of an ox-skull, with funnel-shaped body on
high narrow foot, and vertical rim to which are attached vertical loop-handles
like horns. Dark red slip (worn in parts) on rim and inside, bright red on body,
but none on foot ; white paint. Round lower part of rim, oblique markings in
white, and two vertical white strokes under each handle.