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BRONZE EWER FROM PALATIAL TREASURE 645
of the kind, indeed, that seems actually to have existed in close connexion
with the painted relief. 'The North-West Treasure House' in which it
was found, in company with the rest of this truly royal service, may be
reasonably regarded as a reserve depot for one or more sanctuaries within
the Palace. As a worthy comparison to these palatial basins one from
a house at Mochlos is here reproduced in Fig. 409 b.
The bronze ewer is also an elaborate and magnificent piece of work. It
was found in a somewhat crushed condition, but its original contour is shown
in the restored draw-
ings (Figs. 410, 411, a).
It is 34-5 centimetres id
height and 27 in dia-
meter. The body is
formed of two strips of
metal joined by a double
row of rivets; a very
prominent collar masks
the junction of the neck,
and the upper part of
the handle is attached by
three larger stud-headed
rivets. The alternating
curves or 'eyes ' that
surround the upper part
of the body are the most
noticeable feature, and
the ribbed decoration of
the interior of the upper
zone of these suggests
comparison with the similar relief in the case of the tongue-like centres of
the half-rosettes illustrated by the frieze of the neighbouring shrine (Fig. 370,
p. 594). The alternating curves seen in this repousse bronze work are
reflected on a pattern that appears on painted vases in the latter part of
the First Late Minoan Period (L. M. I b).1
Of great interest is the parallelism presented between this vase and the
silver ewer, partly also formed of bronze, plated with gold, the remains
1 An example of this decorative motive is in 1900 (B.S.A., vi, p. 76, Fig. 21). It
seen on the lower part of a vessel from a alternates there with zones imitated from the
house excavated by Dr. Hogarth at Knossos foliated reliefs.
The
bronze
ewer.
Fig. 410.
Bronze Ewer from Palatial Treasury
seen from above.
Parallel
with gold-
plated
silver jug
of the kind, indeed, that seems actually to have existed in close connexion
with the painted relief. 'The North-West Treasure House' in which it
was found, in company with the rest of this truly royal service, may be
reasonably regarded as a reserve depot for one or more sanctuaries within
the Palace. As a worthy comparison to these palatial basins one from
a house at Mochlos is here reproduced in Fig. 409 b.
The bronze ewer is also an elaborate and magnificent piece of work. It
was found in a somewhat crushed condition, but its original contour is shown
in the restored draw-
ings (Figs. 410, 411, a).
It is 34-5 centimetres id
height and 27 in dia-
meter. The body is
formed of two strips of
metal joined by a double
row of rivets; a very
prominent collar masks
the junction of the neck,
and the upper part of
the handle is attached by
three larger stud-headed
rivets. The alternating
curves or 'eyes ' that
surround the upper part
of the body are the most
noticeable feature, and
the ribbed decoration of
the interior of the upper
zone of these suggests
comparison with the similar relief in the case of the tongue-like centres of
the half-rosettes illustrated by the frieze of the neighbouring shrine (Fig. 370,
p. 594). The alternating curves seen in this repousse bronze work are
reflected on a pattern that appears on painted vases in the latter part of
the First Late Minoan Period (L. M. I b).1
Of great interest is the parallelism presented between this vase and the
silver ewer, partly also formed of bronze, plated with gold, the remains
1 An example of this decorative motive is in 1900 (B.S.A., vi, p. 76, Fig. 21). It
seen on the lower part of a vessel from a alternates there with zones imitated from the
house excavated by Dr. Hogarth at Knossos foliated reliefs.
The
bronze
ewer.
Fig. 410.
Bronze Ewer from Palatial Treasury
seen from above.
Parallel
with gold-
plated
silver jug