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The Prehistoric lombs of Knossos,
types in metal work, are found on a series of painted vessels from the Zafer
Papoura graves. (See fig. 117.) In 6a and 12a we see this motive applied to the
shoulders of the common class of three-handled Minoan amphoras; in 64ft to a
high-beaked one-handled vase; in 76f to a small spouted jug; and other examples
Fig. 118. Clay vessels of various forms from graves of Zafer Papours
might be cited. In the last stage of degeneration these significant foliate bands
are reduced to mere rows of slightly curved lines, the pedigree of which, however,
can still be clearly traced by means of the intermediate forms. Such decadent
The Prehistoric lombs of Knossos,
types in metal work, are found on a series of painted vessels from the Zafer
Papoura graves. (See fig. 117.) In 6a and 12a we see this motive applied to the
shoulders of the common class of three-handled Minoan amphoras; in 64ft to a
high-beaked one-handled vase; in 76f to a small spouted jug; and other examples
Fig. 118. Clay vessels of various forms from graves of Zafer Papours
might be cited. In the last stage of degeneration these significant foliate bands
are reduced to mere rows of slightly curved lines, the pedigree of which, however,
can still be clearly traced by means of the intermediate forms. Such decadent