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PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.
at the foot are two plain bands with a row of discs below. There is a disc on
the inner side of each bottle in the inner ring, and round the lip of the
central bowl are alternate discs and radiating strokes. (Fig. 75.)
Ht. of outer cups 5!
The stand is lost. From
A 345. CLUSTER-VASE, incomplete.
Dr. Meligan's sale (Sotheby), 1851.
There is no central bowl, and the inner group of six cups is triangular, the
cups in the middle of each side being of larger size than those at the angles.
There is an outer ring of ten cups, with lips
rising above those of the central group, as
before. All the cups are of tall curved shape
with wide turned-out rims. Underneath are
remains of the stand : a strip was attached to
the base of each of the six central vases, and
two of these are preserved for a length of
three inches; but the circular foot in which
they were united is lost. The decoration
consists of broad diagonal bands of dull red
colour on the outer cups, and borders on the
supporting strips. (Fig. 76.) i'ig. 7e = a 3,,5.
[For the structure and use of these vases see Bosanquet in B.S.A., iii, p. 57, Edgar in
Phylakopi, p. 102 ; and for Minoan parallels, Palace of Minos, i, p. 75, and B.S.A., xii, p. 9.]
A 346. BOWL. Ht. i\ in., diam. 7± in. Excavated at Phylakopi in Melos, and presented by Plate >■
the British School at Athens, 1903. Compare Phylakopi, p. 143, pi. xxxiii, 1, 2.
Low saucer shape with edge curved inwards and fiat base. Light brown
clay with fine surface, which is covered on interior and outside the turned in rim
with a lustrous red-brown wash. Underneath, just outside the base, is an incised
mark, two lines and one cross bar. (Fig. 80, j.)
A 347. BOWL, similar to last. lit. 2 in., diam. d\ in. From Phylakopi, as A 346, etc.
Pale red clay with rough surface. Brown, wash on lip and interior, as
before, and under the base three bars incised. (Fig. 80, 2.)
[These two bowls represent an early tradition of form and decoration (see A 265 ; Wace
and Blegen in B.S.A., xxii, p. 179), but cannot be separated in fabric from the following series.
The varnish is thick and flakes off.]
A 348. BOWL, with spout and handle. lit. 2 in., diam. 7 in. From Phylakopi, as A 346, etc.
Cf. Phylakopi, I.e., nos. 3-5. Part of spout and side restored.
Shape as preceding, but with sharp shoulder, narrow grooved spout and
vertically pierced lug-handle, each set horizontally on opposite sides of the
shoulder. Fabric as last, but the whole surface is covered with a lustrous dark
red wash except on the curved lip, which has black painted patterns on a white
slip, now mostly perished. The design appears to have been groups of close
PREHISTORIC AEGEAN POTTERY.
at the foot are two plain bands with a row of discs below. There is a disc on
the inner side of each bottle in the inner ring, and round the lip of the
central bowl are alternate discs and radiating strokes. (Fig. 75.)
Ht. of outer cups 5!
The stand is lost. From
A 345. CLUSTER-VASE, incomplete.
Dr. Meligan's sale (Sotheby), 1851.
There is no central bowl, and the inner group of six cups is triangular, the
cups in the middle of each side being of larger size than those at the angles.
There is an outer ring of ten cups, with lips
rising above those of the central group, as
before. All the cups are of tall curved shape
with wide turned-out rims. Underneath are
remains of the stand : a strip was attached to
the base of each of the six central vases, and
two of these are preserved for a length of
three inches; but the circular foot in which
they were united is lost. The decoration
consists of broad diagonal bands of dull red
colour on the outer cups, and borders on the
supporting strips. (Fig. 76.) i'ig. 7e = a 3,,5.
[For the structure and use of these vases see Bosanquet in B.S.A., iii, p. 57, Edgar in
Phylakopi, p. 102 ; and for Minoan parallels, Palace of Minos, i, p. 75, and B.S.A., xii, p. 9.]
A 346. BOWL. Ht. i\ in., diam. 7± in. Excavated at Phylakopi in Melos, and presented by Plate >■
the British School at Athens, 1903. Compare Phylakopi, p. 143, pi. xxxiii, 1, 2.
Low saucer shape with edge curved inwards and fiat base. Light brown
clay with fine surface, which is covered on interior and outside the turned in rim
with a lustrous red-brown wash. Underneath, just outside the base, is an incised
mark, two lines and one cross bar. (Fig. 80, j.)
A 347. BOWL, similar to last. lit. 2 in., diam. d\ in. From Phylakopi, as A 346, etc.
Pale red clay with rough surface. Brown, wash on lip and interior, as
before, and under the base three bars incised. (Fig. 80, 2.)
[These two bowls represent an early tradition of form and decoration (see A 265 ; Wace
and Blegen in B.S.A., xxii, p. 179), but cannot be separated in fabric from the following series.
The varnish is thick and flakes off.]
A 348. BOWL, with spout and handle. lit. 2 in., diam. 7 in. From Phylakopi, as A 346, etc.
Cf. Phylakopi, I.e., nos. 3-5. Part of spout and side restored.
Shape as preceding, but with sharp shoulder, narrow grooved spout and
vertically pierced lug-handle, each set horizontally on opposite sides of the
shoulder. Fabric as last, but the whole surface is covered with a lustrous dark
red wash except on the curved lip, which has black painted patterns on a white
slip, now mostly perished. The design appears to have been groups of close