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Cesnola, Luigi Palma di [Editor]
A descriptive atlas of the Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Band 2) — New York, 1894

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Plate XCVIII,

All of red ware ; decorated with incised lines in geometrical patterns ; not made on a
wheel. Found at Alambra or Ayia Paraskeve.

837. Height, 6)4 inches.

Vase of same general description as the next, but decoration in different patterns ; spout
cut abruptly off at the end, instead of curving with rounded corners ; handle with a little spur at
top ; very small ear opposite handle. Handle broken, and reset.

838. Height, 6% inches.

Vase (cenochoe) with pear-shaped body ; cylindrical neck joined to body at a small
angle, its top cut away and inclined so as to form an open curved spout and lip ; handle joining
neck at top of complete cylinder ; opposite the handle, a smaller handle, or ear, at junction
of neck and body.

839. Height, about 4 inches ; length, $y2 inches.

Vase in rude imitation of an animal; shape of the body like a plummet, or pointed
ovoid, the point being at the breast. Tail short, with a little upward inclination; spout
cylindrical, flaring at mouth, set obliquely on the body, to which it is joined by a small handle.
The four legs fork, each pair from a single shank. Front pair of legs broken, and reset.

840. Height, inches.

Vase with globular body ; short, cylindrical neck ; flaring mouth ; handle joining body to
mouth, and opposite it a short spur pierced vertically.

841. Height, 2>% inches.

Vase of nearly globular form ; cylindrical mouth; straight, nearly cylindrical pipe for
spout ; handle joined with ends in the same horizontal line. Much like a modern teapot.

842. Height, p/i inches ; length, 7 inches.

Vase in rude form of sitting bird, the wings suggested by the decoration, as well as
 
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