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 4,1): Emergence of outer western enceinte, with new illustrations, artistic and religious, of the Middle Minoan Phase (London, 1935)

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CLAY MOULDINGS OF MARINE FORMS
Secondary <Barbotine' Phase characteristic of M M I/,

the raised ornaments take their^^ZTTTl'T^ ^

piace as an integral part of colour schemes, 'Barbo-

Fig. (59. Clay Mouldings and Casts of Marine Creatures on M. M. Ill Basin1.

belongs in its chief manifestations to the succeeding ceramic style, M. M. I b, phase
at present under discussion, though its beginnings may be already traced teristicof
before the close of M. M. I a. It is still well represented in M. M. II a, and M-M-l h-
indeed, forms a feature in some of the most artistic productions of the acme
of Middle Minoan Ceramic Art.