Forsdyke, Edgar J.; British Museum <London> [Editor]: 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 576. CUP with handle. Ht. 4} in., diam. 3= in. From Knossos, as A 571. Plate

Yellow clay covered with a dark red wash. Shape almost cylindrical, with
mouth turned outwards and flat base ; the handle is a thick flat loop roughly
smeared on to the body, its upper end overlapping the lip. The wheel-marks on
the walls are spiral.

[For the spiral fluting see Palace of Minos, i, p. 589.]

VIII-

A 577.

CUP with

Palaikastro.

handle. Ht.

in., diam. yl >n- From

Shape as last, but not so deep ; blacked surface,
over which are designs in white : three plain bands
round the lower part and irregular dots above, imitating
mottled stone, as in A 514, etc. Flat loop handle ;
thin but roughly-turned fabric. (Fig. 119.)

Fig. 119 = A 577.

A 578.

Ht. i\ in., diam.

in. From

CUP with handle.
Palaikastro.

Shape as A 572. Fine reddish clay, covered
with a wash originally black, but now bright red in
colour. On upper part are remains of a band of
spirals in white, with thin bands below. . (Fig. 120.)

o = A 578

A 579. CUP of similar shape. Ht. 25 in., diam. 3I in. From Zakro. Presented by D. G. Plate

Hogarth, 1906. One half, with the handle, is wanting. VIII

Shape and decoration as last, with a band of closely-wound spiral coils
below the lip, two narrow lines below these, and a single line at base.

A 580. CUP. Ht. 2J in., diam. 4 in. From Zakro ; presented by D. G. Hogarth, 1906. As Plate

J.M.S., xxiii, p. 249, fig. 1. Handle and a great part of body wanting. VlH

The straight-sided shape with flat base, as before ; decoration a band of
curled sprays in white on a black ground, with a thin band at base and lip, a pair
of thin bands below the spiral scrolls, on the level of base of handle, and a
broader white band between this and the base. Very good fabric, fine thin ware
with brilliant purplish black varnish. There is a narrow round moulding at
the base.

A 581. CUP with foot. Ht. 33 in., diam. 3i in. From Zakro, as last.

Shape as A 466. Reddish clay, covered on surface with a dark red wash,
except inside the foot ; round the upper part of the vase is a broad band in thin
white paint. Rough, heavy fabric, but wheel-made : there are spiral ridges inside.

A 582. CUP with handle. Ht. 2 in., diam. 3 in. From Palaikastro.

Shape as A 514, but without the sharp angles and round curves. Reddish
clay, with red wash round the rim inside and out, and on top of handle. Heavy,
rough fabric.