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STUCCO RELIEF COMPARED
Use of
Ceshis
round
wrist.
the red colouring shows, a man, with his arm thrown over the bull's horn and
his hand not grasping it but clenched in a similar way (see Sketch, Fig. 147).
In the deli-
cately executed
design, reproduc-
ed in the Coloured
Plate XXI,about
one-third scalex
— the fine lines of
which recall the
designs on white
Athenian lekythoi
—another female
figure is seen in
the act ofleaping,
withflyingtresses,
one arm held
downwards and
the other raised.
A noteworthy fea-
ture in this repre-
sentation is the
strap, wound not
only round the
wrist but round
parts of the hand. This form of ceshis obviously had nothing to do with
striking a blow, and must have been rather devised to give strength to the
muscles and tendons. It recurs on the hand of the youth shown in Fig. 148
who is depicted flying through the air, as if in the act of alighting behind
a galloping steer, whose hind legs appear below.2 Acrobatic feats of the
same kind as the above are still said to be performed in some Portuguese
corridas.
2 There can be little doubt as to the con-
nexion of the three fragments shown in
Fig. 148. They were found together, and all
have the same blue ground. The white object
on the neck and breast represents two neck-
laces in a heavier style. Some of the strands
of hair, of which only faint indications have
been preserved, are reinforced in the drawing.
Fig. 147
Restored Sketch of Fragment from Deposit of
High Reliefs.
1 The original pieces shown in the Coloured
Plate XXI and Fig. 148 were given me by the
Cretan Government and are now in the Ash-
molean Museum at Oxford. The drawing of
Fig. 148 was traced under my superintendence
from a photographic reproduction and the
details minutely checked with reference to the
original. The sketch is by Mr. E. J. Lambert.
STUCCO RELIEF COMPARED
Use of
Ceshis
round
wrist.
the red colouring shows, a man, with his arm thrown over the bull's horn and
his hand not grasping it but clenched in a similar way (see Sketch, Fig. 147).
In the deli-
cately executed
design, reproduc-
ed in the Coloured
Plate XXI,about
one-third scalex
— the fine lines of
which recall the
designs on white
Athenian lekythoi
—another female
figure is seen in
the act ofleaping,
withflyingtresses,
one arm held
downwards and
the other raised.
A noteworthy fea-
ture in this repre-
sentation is the
strap, wound not
only round the
wrist but round
parts of the hand. This form of ceshis obviously had nothing to do with
striking a blow, and must have been rather devised to give strength to the
muscles and tendons. It recurs on the hand of the youth shown in Fig. 148
who is depicted flying through the air, as if in the act of alighting behind
a galloping steer, whose hind legs appear below.2 Acrobatic feats of the
same kind as the above are still said to be performed in some Portuguese
corridas.
2 There can be little doubt as to the con-
nexion of the three fragments shown in
Fig. 148. They were found together, and all
have the same blue ground. The white object
on the neck and breast represents two neck-
laces in a heavier style. Some of the strands
of hair, of which only faint indications have
been preserved, are reinforced in the drawing.
Fig. 147
Restored Sketch of Fragment from Deposit of
High Reliefs.
1 The original pieces shown in the Coloured
Plate XXI and Fig. 148 were given me by the
Cretan Government and are now in the Ash-
molean Museum at Oxford. The drawing of
Fig. 148 was traced under my superintendence
from a photographic reproduction and the
details minutely checked with reference to the
original. The sketch is by Mr. E. J. Lambert.