Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 2,2): Town houses in Knossos of the new era and restored West Palace Section (London, 1928)

PITHOID AMPHORAS' IN L.M.I6 STYLE

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illustrates the borrowing by the Minoan vase-painter of the ornamental
adjuncts, depicted both in relief and in the flat, of human figures on the
painted plaster friezes of the Palace walls. Necklaces and bracelets of
globular beads, as well
as strings of beads of a
floral form, adorn ' the
Ladies in Blue',' while
festoons of similar beads
form part of their coiffure.
The 'Jewel Fresco', in-
deed, depicts the attach-
ment of gold beads of
the same kind to a lady's
locks, though with pen-
dants in this case in the
shape of negroid heads.2
The painted relief, again,
of the Priest - King3
shows a necklace of lilies
linked byglobularbeads,
a closely parallel illustra-
tion of which is further
supplied by the border of
a bronze bowl from the
' North-West Treasure
House'.4 Human sub-
jects themselves were
banned by the Minoan
vase-painters, but their
toilette adjuncts were
admitted for their decora-
tive value.

Like the marine motives with which they were associated, the festoons and
floral pendants seen on the zones of this L. M. I b ' amphora ' were suggested
by the painted designs already existing on the walls. The extent to which the

Fig. 248. ' Pithoid Amphora ' (L. M. I b) from Tylissos
showing Marine and Pendant Motives.

1 P. ofM.,\, p. 545, Fig. 397.

" Op. at., p. 526, Fig. 383. This relief was
unfortunately entirely pulverized by the earth-
quake of June 26, 1926.

3 See below, p. 774 seqq

4 See below, p. 779, Fig. 50", and compare
the borders on the cover of this Volume.