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Traces of
painted
stucco re-
lief of
lion
fli oup at
Knossos.
538 FRAGMENT OF LION GROUP IN STUCCO RELIEF
Is it possible that monumental reliefs of the lion and bull oro
painted plaster had found their place on the Walls of Knossos&? It ■
shown below (p. 547) that the ' double gradation'1 seen beneath the seat d
lion type of the lentoid gem, illus-
trated in Fig. 509 points that way.
More than this, a fragment of
stucco relief (Fig. 489) representing
—life size—part of the mane of a
lion with clear traces of red colour-
ing, together with a small piece of
the lion's leg, were actually found
in the artificial vault beneath the
North-East angle of the building.2
A remarkable feature of the
larger fragment is the appearance
above the curving outline of the
lion's mane of a small section of
what is clearly another animal with
shaggy hair, which cannot certainly
be identified with a bull.3 Neither
does it correspond with the lioness
such as we see grouped with her
mate in some glyptic types. It
would quite agree, however, with the shaggy fore-quarters of an agriim,
whose neck had been gripped by the lion's jaws as he bounded forward, in
any case the remains may be held to assure the existence of the genera
type of the lion seizing his quarry among the great painted plaster relies
on the Palace walls. It is further to be noted that the conventional re
colouring of the lion's mane corresponds with that of the archaic po
group of the Akropolis.
On the Cretan side, the group of the lion seizing its quarry uea •
as we have seen, on seal-stones and signets, though it is later the tlie
■ „.~pt£li'
' See P of M., 1, p. 686 seqq.
"- P. qfM., ii, Pt. I, p. 333, Fig. 1S8, a, b. A
perforation was visible in the plaster for
a square wooden pin to attach it to the wall,
identical with those of M. M. Ill fresco frag-
ments from the ' Corridor of the Procession '
in its earlier shape (P. ofM., ii, Pt. II, p. 6S0
seqq.)..
Fig. 489.
Fragment or Stucco Relief or
Lion's Head and Mane and Part of another
Animal: with Traces or Red Paint. S.li.
Palace Angle, Knossos.
s The identification with a bull is ac«P
indeed, by Dr. Sp. Marinatos
(Arch
191S, p. 107 seqq.) who would even!
fartlia
q.) who »o"'" ~, -ci? nit
fragments from the S.L. 1
and bring these fragments no'" '•■- re|iefs
into connexion with the bullgraPP ^ese
of the Northern Entrance Port'c°ns
however have nothing to do with 10
painted
stucco re-
lief of
lion
fli oup at
Knossos.
538 FRAGMENT OF LION GROUP IN STUCCO RELIEF
Is it possible that monumental reliefs of the lion and bull oro
painted plaster had found their place on the Walls of Knossos&? It ■
shown below (p. 547) that the ' double gradation'1 seen beneath the seat d
lion type of the lentoid gem, illus-
trated in Fig. 509 points that way.
More than this, a fragment of
stucco relief (Fig. 489) representing
—life size—part of the mane of a
lion with clear traces of red colour-
ing, together with a small piece of
the lion's leg, were actually found
in the artificial vault beneath the
North-East angle of the building.2
A remarkable feature of the
larger fragment is the appearance
above the curving outline of the
lion's mane of a small section of
what is clearly another animal with
shaggy hair, which cannot certainly
be identified with a bull.3 Neither
does it correspond with the lioness
such as we see grouped with her
mate in some glyptic types. It
would quite agree, however, with the shaggy fore-quarters of an agriim,
whose neck had been gripped by the lion's jaws as he bounded forward, in
any case the remains may be held to assure the existence of the genera
type of the lion seizing his quarry among the great painted plaster relies
on the Palace walls. It is further to be noted that the conventional re
colouring of the lion's mane corresponds with that of the archaic po
group of the Akropolis.
On the Cretan side, the group of the lion seizing its quarry uea •
as we have seen, on seal-stones and signets, though it is later the tlie
■ „.~pt£li'
' See P of M., 1, p. 686 seqq.
"- P. qfM., ii, Pt. I, p. 333, Fig. 1S8, a, b. A
perforation was visible in the plaster for
a square wooden pin to attach it to the wall,
identical with those of M. M. Ill fresco frag-
ments from the ' Corridor of the Procession '
in its earlier shape (P. ofM., ii, Pt. II, p. 6S0
seqq.)..
Fig. 489.
Fragment or Stucco Relief or
Lion's Head and Mane and Part of another
Animal: with Traces or Red Paint. S.li.
Palace Angle, Knossos.
s The identification with a bull is ac«P
indeed, by Dr. Sp. Marinatos
(Arch
191S, p. 107 seqq.) who would even!
fartlia
q.) who »o"'" ~, -ci? nit
fragments from the S.L. 1
and bring these fragments no'" '•■- re|iefs
into connexion with the bullgraPP ^ese
of the Northern Entrance Port'c°ns
however have nothing to do with 10