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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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VASES OF GRAECO-PHOENICIAN TYPE FROM SARDINIA. 2 15

" 1044. JUG. Ht. 4i in. 1'harros, Sardinia, 1856 (tomb 7).

Body in form of flattened spheroid tapering into stem below, on flat broad
foot; long cylindrical neck with plain lip. Handle of two ribs ending in two
thick pieces on rim ; from the middle of the body a spout projects. Reddish-
buff clay ; purple paint. Underneath the foot is a hole hollowed out but not
continued as a tube. Round the shoulder, three strokes of paint at intervals ;
round lower part of body, three bands : top of foot painted purple.

C 1045. JUG. Ht. 4i in. Tharros, Sardinia, 1S56 (tomb 1).

Body in form of flattened spheroid on low foot ; short wide neck with plain
lip and thick handle ; spout on body, broken off. Reddish-buff clay ; purple
paint. Bands on handle, and oblique bands on inside of lip ; on neck and
shoulder, rows of short thick strokes and groups of three leaves ; below, two
bands ; foot painted purple.

C 1046. AMPHORA. Ht. Si in. Tharros, Sardinia, 1856 (tomb 15).

Body egg-shaped, flattened at base (no distinction of neck and shoulder) ;
long thin handles, extending vertically clown to middle of body ; plain rim.
Light buff ware, unpolished ; crimson-red paint, much worn. Round the upper
part of the body, lattice-triangles (three each side) ; below, pattern nearly all
worn away. Base moulded underneath in concentric circles.

[Cf. for the technique C 1040.]

" 1047. ASKOS in form of bird. Length 9} in. Tharros, Sardinia, 1856 (tomb 33).

The bird's beak forms the spout, and at the end of the body by the tail is a
wide orifice, perforated with holes inside; over the top is an arched handle,
broken away. The legs are indicated, but are doubled up under the body to
form a base ; the eyes are formed by pellets. Reddish-buff clay ; purple paint.
Tail of bird damaged. Body covered with purple markings throughout, to
indicate feathers.

*-* 1048. ASKOS in form of bird, as the preceding. Ht. 4^ in. Length 7! in. Tharros, Sardinia,

1856 (tomb 29).

Arched handle over back, uniting the bird's head with a spout on the middle
of the back ; the spout is perforated with holes inside as the last. Red clay ;
dull red paint. Tail of bird modelled in three projecting points ; eyes formed
by pellets ; on the top of the head is a crest. In place of the legs are three
short supports, one broken away.

C 1049. OINOCHOE. Ht. 11 in. Tharros, Sardinia. 1856 (tomb 20).

Ovoid body with heavy foot ; wide neck, round which are moulded ribs ;
trefoil mouth with moulded rim. Handle of two ribs, ending above in three
lion's heads, with projection on each side at base. Drab clay, unpolished ; round
the body a broad band of red paint between narrow rings of dull black.
 
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