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'VENUS-PECTEN' IN M. M. II CERAMIC RELIEFS 117
This attachment of cockle-she
vessels—already anticipated by the M. M. la example, fig. 75
supplies the antecedent stage to the reliefs of the same kind on metal vases
reliefs to the exterior of painted clay Later
1 example
Fia 75—itself
metal
■ases.
WiSHf
Fig. 82. Rim of M. M. II b Jug
with Cockles moulded on it (£).
Fig. 83. Large Polychrome Cup M. M. II a, from Phaestos,
with Compound Bivalve Shells in Repousse Relief.
of Late Minoan date. A good example is supplied by the cockles set on
the handle of a bronze ewer from the 'Chieftains Grave' of the Zafer
Papoura Cemetery.1
A polychrome cup from Phaestos2 had already shown that the
decorative use of such sea-shells in repousse relief was also a feature of
the great ceramic phase of M. M. II a, and this has now been corroborated
by fragments of vessels, some of them belonging- to a distinctive con-
temporary class, found in the recently excavated 'Kouloura' 2.
The Phaestian specimen (Fig. S3), a large one-handled cup of a usual
M. M. II type-—-of metallic origin—presents on its upper rim white curving
sprays and between them, bizarre objects, yellow with a white border,
which may best be regarded as derivatives of marine growths. The lower
A. E., Prehistoric Tombs of K?wssos, \,
PP- 53> 54; Figs. 52, 54 {Archacologia, lix,
*9°6). C(. P. of M., ii, Pt. II, p. 636, and
iMg. 400. I't was found above the sepulchral
slabs. The contents of the tomb may be as-
signed to L.M. II. Reliefs of cockles also occur
on small faience vases of M. M. Ill date.
2 Facsimiles of this cup by Monsieur Gil-
Heron exist, of which one is in the Ashmolean
Museum. Its 'ribbon ' handle is crossed by
white bars, and two white acuminated curves
are seen beneath its base, a not unusual
feature in M. M. II vessels.
Repousse
reliefs of
com-
pound
bivalves
on poly-
chrome
vessels.
Identical
speci-
mens
from
Knossos,
Phaestos,
and
Falai-
kastro.
This attachment of cockle-she
vessels—already anticipated by the M. M. la example, fig. 75
supplies the antecedent stage to the reliefs of the same kind on metal vases
reliefs to the exterior of painted clay Later
1 example
Fia 75—itself
metal
■ases.
WiSHf
Fig. 82. Rim of M. M. II b Jug
with Cockles moulded on it (£).
Fig. 83. Large Polychrome Cup M. M. II a, from Phaestos,
with Compound Bivalve Shells in Repousse Relief.
of Late Minoan date. A good example is supplied by the cockles set on
the handle of a bronze ewer from the 'Chieftains Grave' of the Zafer
Papoura Cemetery.1
A polychrome cup from Phaestos2 had already shown that the
decorative use of such sea-shells in repousse relief was also a feature of
the great ceramic phase of M. M. II a, and this has now been corroborated
by fragments of vessels, some of them belonging- to a distinctive con-
temporary class, found in the recently excavated 'Kouloura' 2.
The Phaestian specimen (Fig. S3), a large one-handled cup of a usual
M. M. II type-—-of metallic origin—presents on its upper rim white curving
sprays and between them, bizarre objects, yellow with a white border,
which may best be regarded as derivatives of marine growths. The lower
A. E., Prehistoric Tombs of K?wssos, \,
PP- 53> 54; Figs. 52, 54 {Archacologia, lix,
*9°6). C(. P. of M., ii, Pt. II, p. 636, and
iMg. 400. I't was found above the sepulchral
slabs. The contents of the tomb may be as-
signed to L.M. II. Reliefs of cockles also occur
on small faience vases of M. M. Ill date.
2 Facsimiles of this cup by Monsieur Gil-
Heron exist, of which one is in the Ashmolean
Museum. Its 'ribbon ' handle is crossed by
white bars, and two white acuminated curves
are seen beneath its base, a not unusual
feature in M. M. II vessels.
Repousse
reliefs of
com-
pound
bivalves
on poly-
chrome
vessels.
Identical
speci-
mens
from
Knossos,
Phaestos,
and
Falai-
kastro.