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LATE MINOAN II.
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A 699. BOWL. Ht. 2| in. From Crete. Presented by D. T. Fyfe, 1913. Half the body is
restored.
Shape as last. Pale yellow clay, faded brown
varnish. Design of three or four waved lines in groups
on upper part, two broad bands below, foot and lip edged
and a central disc inside. (Fig. 146.)
[For groups of waved lines in the simple style of this period see
Palaikastro, fig. 36 and A 796.]
Fig. 146 = A 699.
A 700-2.
A 700i-2.
A 701i-2.
A 7021-e.
Fragments excavated at Knossos.
FRAGMENTS of goblets. L. 3? in., 3 J in. From the S.-W. angle of the Palace, 1923.
No. 1 is from the lower part and 2 from the upper part of solid-stemmed goblets with large
single figures painted on a clear field. No. 1, of fine pale brown clay, shows the bases of two
such figures, one on each
side : apparently diverg-
ing volutes with chevron-
filling between ; its inside is
ringed with three bands
around a central disc ; edge
of foot painted. No. 2, of
very smooth pale yellow
clay, shows part of a petal-
volute and three stamens
from a lily-like flower ; out-
side of rim painted with
oblique patches at close
intervals, inside of bowl
blacked. (Fig. 147.)
[These are pieces of the so-called ' Ephyraean' goblets which have been found in large
numbers in Greece ; for the shape see note to A 858, etc. (Ialysos) ; for the flowers, cf. Blegen,
Korakoit, fig. 75, 3 or pi. VI, 4; and for the chevron-filling see E. H. Hall, Decorative Art of
Crete, p. 39.]
FRAGMENTS from rims of bowls. L. if in., 2 in. No. 1 has a foliate band at the lip
and a conventional flower below, in red varnish, with which the inside is covered ; 2 has a
band of close chevrons, apparently derived from pairs of leaves, around the shoulder, and is
stippled inside. (Fig. 148.)
[For this and other types of stylised flowers see E. H. Hall, op. cit,, fig. 53.]
FRAGMENTS of large jars. L. 11 in. to 3 in. Reddish clay, with smooth yellowish slip,
and upon this painted designs in red or brown-black varnish. The decoration of 1-4 consists
of scrolls and spiral coils formally arranged : 1 has coils with rosette centres among mottled
and latticed fillings ; 2 and 3 have foliate bands of blunt leaves, 3 has tailed and crested
spiral coils with reserved flower centres ; 4 has a double spiral coil with a reserved rayed centre,
in dark red varnish. Nos. 5 and 6 are from rims of large jars : 5 has groups of chevrons on
the lip, and a close row of thick double hooks below, and 6 is very thin ware with a notched
wave-pattern and alternate dots on the rim, and on the neck conventional leaves, buds or
seeds, like arrow-heads. (Figs. 149, 151.)
[The designs of which fragments are represented here are shown in full on such vases as
113
A 699. BOWL. Ht. 2| in. From Crete. Presented by D. T. Fyfe, 1913. Half the body is
restored.
Shape as last. Pale yellow clay, faded brown
varnish. Design of three or four waved lines in groups
on upper part, two broad bands below, foot and lip edged
and a central disc inside. (Fig. 146.)
[For groups of waved lines in the simple style of this period see
Palaikastro, fig. 36 and A 796.]
Fig. 146 = A 699.
A 700-2.
A 700i-2.
A 701i-2.
A 7021-e.
Fragments excavated at Knossos.
FRAGMENTS of goblets. L. 3? in., 3 J in. From the S.-W. angle of the Palace, 1923.
No. 1 is from the lower part and 2 from the upper part of solid-stemmed goblets with large
single figures painted on a clear field. No. 1, of fine pale brown clay, shows the bases of two
such figures, one on each
side : apparently diverg-
ing volutes with chevron-
filling between ; its inside is
ringed with three bands
around a central disc ; edge
of foot painted. No. 2, of
very smooth pale yellow
clay, shows part of a petal-
volute and three stamens
from a lily-like flower ; out-
side of rim painted with
oblique patches at close
intervals, inside of bowl
blacked. (Fig. 147.)
[These are pieces of the so-called ' Ephyraean' goblets which have been found in large
numbers in Greece ; for the shape see note to A 858, etc. (Ialysos) ; for the flowers, cf. Blegen,
Korakoit, fig. 75, 3 or pi. VI, 4; and for the chevron-filling see E. H. Hall, Decorative Art of
Crete, p. 39.]
FRAGMENTS from rims of bowls. L. if in., 2 in. No. 1 has a foliate band at the lip
and a conventional flower below, in red varnish, with which the inside is covered ; 2 has a
band of close chevrons, apparently derived from pairs of leaves, around the shoulder, and is
stippled inside. (Fig. 148.)
[For this and other types of stylised flowers see E. H. Hall, op. cit,, fig. 53.]
FRAGMENTS of large jars. L. 11 in. to 3 in. Reddish clay, with smooth yellowish slip,
and upon this painted designs in red or brown-black varnish. The decoration of 1-4 consists
of scrolls and spiral coils formally arranged : 1 has coils with rosette centres among mottled
and latticed fillings ; 2 and 3 have foliate bands of blunt leaves, 3 has tailed and crested
spiral coils with reserved flower centres ; 4 has a double spiral coil with a reserved rayed centre,
in dark red varnish. Nos. 5 and 6 are from rims of large jars : 5 has groups of chevrons on
the lip, and a close row of thick double hooks below, and 6 is very thin ware with a notched
wave-pattern and alternate dots on the rim, and on the neck conventional leaves, buds or
seeds, like arrow-heads. (Figs. 149, 151.)
[The designs of which fragments are represented here are shown in full on such vases as