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§28. M. M. Ill: (N) Survivals of Ceramic Polychromy and Rise
of Naturalism.
Dated deposits of close of M, M. Ill; Contrasts with M. M. II—result
of Catastrophe ; Monochrome decoration again general; Tortoise-shell rippled
ware, anticipation of new style; Survivals of trite polychromy ; 'Polychrome
Rhyton ' of Ostrich Shell type zvith group of decorative Palm-trees ; Vessels from
Well, Gypsddes; Polychrome jars from Repositories; Imitations of conglomerate
mid breccia ; Basin with coloured imitation of granulated rock-work ; Minoan
zv ash-basins prototypes of Meliau Class ; Coiled sprays, M. M. Ill feature
on painted sherds from Mycenae Shaft Graves ; Shaft G?rave sherds paralleled
by jars from Temple Repositories ; Influence of Naturalistic Wall-painting
on pottery; The ' lily jars' compared with H. Triada fresco ; Vetches,
Ttilips, and Reeds or Grasses on Vases; Exclusion of Human and
Animal figures from pottery—contrast zvith zvall-paintings ; Pish, however,
represented; Reflection of Dolphin Fresco on M. M. Ill jars; Class of small
reliefs of marine subjects; ' Axe plants' onM.M. Ill jar, anticipation of
late ' Palace Style' ; Tangential loops on M. M. Ill Vases—link zvith early
L. M. I decoration.
We have seen that, owing to a local catastrophe followed by a far- Dated
reaching restoration at the beginning of the Late Minoan Age, the Palace ^jjoseof
was peculiarly rich in a series of dated deposits of pottery, all illustrating m.m.iil
the closing phase of M. M. III.
This series of deposits extends to both wings of the building, includ-
ing on the one side such characteristic groups of vessels as those of the
Temple Repositories and on the other those of the Royal Magazines, the
N.E. Magazines and of the closet containing the lily jars as well as the
other store-rooms of the same S.E. system. It is only here and there as ex
hypothesi in the case of the N.W. Lnstral Basin and adjoining area and in
certain stratified floor deposits of the East Slope that we obtain, in a more
fragmentary form, some glimpses of the earlier M. M. Ill stages.
The result of this, as already observed, while multiplying examples Contrast
belonging to the latest ceramic phase of this Period, is to enhance the n.
contrast with the style of pottery in vogue at the close of M. M. II. It is Effects of
clear, indeed, that this closing M. M. Ill phase began with a great set-back strophe.
of Naturalism.
Dated deposits of close of M, M. Ill; Contrasts with M. M. II—result
of Catastrophe ; Monochrome decoration again general; Tortoise-shell rippled
ware, anticipation of new style; Survivals of trite polychromy ; 'Polychrome
Rhyton ' of Ostrich Shell type zvith group of decorative Palm-trees ; Vessels from
Well, Gypsddes; Polychrome jars from Repositories; Imitations of conglomerate
mid breccia ; Basin with coloured imitation of granulated rock-work ; Minoan
zv ash-basins prototypes of Meliau Class ; Coiled sprays, M. M. Ill feature
on painted sherds from Mycenae Shaft Graves ; Shaft G?rave sherds paralleled
by jars from Temple Repositories ; Influence of Naturalistic Wall-painting
on pottery; The ' lily jars' compared with H. Triada fresco ; Vetches,
Ttilips, and Reeds or Grasses on Vases; Exclusion of Human and
Animal figures from pottery—contrast zvith zvall-paintings ; Pish, however,
represented; Reflection of Dolphin Fresco on M. M. Ill jars; Class of small
reliefs of marine subjects; ' Axe plants' onM.M. Ill jar, anticipation of
late ' Palace Style' ; Tangential loops on M. M. Ill Vases—link zvith early
L. M. I decoration.
We have seen that, owing to a local catastrophe followed by a far- Dated
reaching restoration at the beginning of the Late Minoan Age, the Palace ^jjoseof
was peculiarly rich in a series of dated deposits of pottery, all illustrating m.m.iil
the closing phase of M. M. III.
This series of deposits extends to both wings of the building, includ-
ing on the one side such characteristic groups of vessels as those of the
Temple Repositories and on the other those of the Royal Magazines, the
N.E. Magazines and of the closet containing the lily jars as well as the
other store-rooms of the same S.E. system. It is only here and there as ex
hypothesi in the case of the N.W. Lnstral Basin and adjoining area and in
certain stratified floor deposits of the East Slope that we obtain, in a more
fragmentary form, some glimpses of the earlier M. M. Ill stages.
The result of this, as already observed, while multiplying examples Contrast
belonging to the latest ceramic phase of this Period, is to enhance the n.
contrast with the style of pottery in vogue at the close of M. M. II. It is Effects of
clear, indeed, that this closing M. M. Ill phase began with a great set-back strophe.