Forsdyke, Edgar J.; British Museum <London> [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 1,1): Prehistoric Aegean pottery (London, 1925)

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PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.

a single string-boss pinched out and vertically
pierced. The body is engraved with a series of
vertical leaf-shaped figures, which are pointed at
the tips, and overlap each other at the base like the
petals of a flower. Each petal is divided vertically
in halves which are striped with" lines parallel to the
curved edge. Round the base of the neck four
plain lines. (Fig. 59.)

[It has been noticed that the incised design on this
vase is an imitation of Egyptian lily-petal decoration : Hall,
op. cit. A similar bottle but with the usual hatched patterns
was found with Early Minoan pottery in the ossuary cave at
Pyrgos in Crete : Xanthoudides in '&px- AeAr., 1918; p. 136 ;
Evans, Palace 0/ Minos, i, fig. 19, c.~\

Fig. 59 = A 309.

A 310. BOTTLE. lit. i\ in. From Antiparos, as A 301. Fragmentary and restored ; the

neck is wanting.

Very roughly modelled ; clay reddish-brown to black, with polished surface.
Shape probably as last ; the pierced bosses and the neck are broken away, and
the base is wider, with the circular sinking less sharply defined.

A 311. BOX, with lid. Ht. 3| in., with lid 4 in. ; diam. 4J- in. From Antiparos, as A 308, etc.

Cylindrical shape with slightly projecting base. The
lip is flanged to receive the lid and is pierced with two
vertical string-holes which are carried down the side in
tubular bosses about an inch long. The lid has a convex
top and turned-down edge, and is pierced in two places to
correspond with the string-holes on the body. Very coarse
black clay with brown surface. The sides of the box are
divided by incised lines into vertical bands, which are filled
with oblique hatching in alternate directions. (Fig. 60.)

A 312. BOX. Ht. 3! in., diam. 6i in. From Antiparos, as A 303, etc. The lid is missing.

Shape as last. Coarse brown clay with a finer surface of the same colour.
The decoration is evenly incised in narrow horizontal bands, alternately one
plain and two filled with lines slanting in opposite directions.

A 313. BOX. Ht. 3 in., diam. 5 in. From Antiparos, as

A 301. Lid Wanting.

Shape as before, much restored ; coarse
clay, of greyish colour, but exterior surface
smooth and polished. The engraving is shallow
and fine, as last. The body is covered with
three horizontal bands of herring-bone, or six
bands obliquely hatched in alternate directions,
close together. (Fig. 61.) Fig. 61 = a 3,3.

Fig. 60 = A 311.

Plate

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