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 (Index) (London, 1936)

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POTTERY

Pottery, Minoan, L.M. la (cont.)

glaze—result of improved technical
processes, I. 318

rare example of imported L.M. \a vessel—
Egyptian clay alabastron with 'racquet'
pattern from Gurob (Grave 245, early
18th Dynasty), iv. 267 (Fig. 197)

mass introduction of L.M. la types on
Mainland side (notably the Argolid),
1. 23, &c.

exceptional revival of polychromy of a
funereal or votive class; exemplified
by goblets with shields and helmets
from Royal Tomb, Isopata (kyanos
blue, black and Venetian red), III.
309, 310 (Fig. 198 a, b) (iv. 881 for
'L.M. II date' read 'L.M. la'); by cups
painted brilliant red, from offertory
pit near S.W. shrine, iv. 3; chafing
pans and incense burners from Mavro
Spelio cemetery and H. Triada, &c,
in. 309, 310; colours however laid on
a wash of pure carbonate of lime,
according to fresco process, ib.

new red glaze medium now introduced
(vermilion tint), 1. 611; exemplified by
Pseira amphora, 11. 476 (Fig. 284)

use of unfixed white, survival from M.M.
Ill: often as a 'matt' wash, 11. 472
(Fig. 278 a, Zakro), in. 280 (of pow-
dery character), iv. 260, 261 (goblet
from Palaikastro rather 'early' L.M. la
than 'mature', as p. 364)

ritual jug with double axes dark on light
and black bands with white disks: in
earliest L.M. la style, 11. 436, 437
(Fig. 254, House of Frescoes)

ritual jar from Pseira (double axes rising
from bulls' heads, light zones, and dark
bands with unfixed white disks): lilies,
flowering olive-sprays and early stage
of 'sacral ivy' with papyrus sprays
within 'leaves', II. 476 (Fig. 284)

'amphora': spirals and similar type of
papyrus-ivy, II. 487 (Fig. 294,
Kakovatos)

reflection of floral types of M.M. Ill

Pottery, Minoan, L.M. la (cont)

frescoes on vase-painting, n. 469, iv.
260
vases and fragments with flower and plant
designs in naturalistic style:
anemone (star), 11. 470 (Fig. 276 a)
crocus (saffron), n. 470 (Fig. 2766, k)
lily (Madonna), II. 470 (Fig. 2760", e), 472

(Fig. 278 b) (transitional M.M. lllb)
grasses or reeds, 11. 471 (Fig. 276 f, g),

549 (Gypsades Well), in. 277, 278
flowering olive-sprays, 11. 475 (Fig.

282 b, and cf. Fig. 283)
labiate flowers, n. 470 (Fig. 276 i)
vetches (or wild peas), II. 380 (Fig. 213 a),
470 (Fig. 276 h. Fig. 277) (black bands
with unfixed white disks)
leaves like buttercup's, 11.470(Fig. 276c)
cup with waz lily and olive-spray hybri-
dized by lily, 11. 475 (Fig. 283)
first appearance of sacral ivy-leaf on vases
in early phase of L.M. la: example on
'amphoras' from Pseira and Kako-
vatos, 11. 476 (Fig. 284), 487 (Fig. 294)
showing 'flowering' papyrus within
the leaf-shaped outline (for origin from
12th Dyn. canopied waz papyrus
wand symbol—through M.M. I—III
stages on stone and metal and frescoes,
cf. 11. 480, Fig. 287)
plain sacral ivy-leaf, two-stalked, on pedes-
talled bowl fromGournia (with conven-
tionalized imitation of conglomerate),
II. 486 (Fig. 292), and on Transitional
jug from 6th Shaft Grave, Mycenae,
ib. (Fig. 293)
influence of papyrus, ill. 115, iv. 323

et seqq.
characteristic jugs, &c, with linked spirals
containing disks in unfixed white: ex-
ample from XVI11th Magazine (mature
L.M. la deposit), iv. 264 (Fig. 195)
rhytons of 'peg-top' type with linked
spirals: mature L.M. la, n. 225 (Fig.
129, 10, 12) (Mycenae1 and Gournia),
iv. 264 (Fig. 196, Knossos)
pithoi with plant designs, IV. 640

1 The Knossian 'peg-top' rhyton, iv. 264 (Fig. 196), is on p. 265 erroneously identified with the
rhyton of very similar appearance from Shaft Grave II at Mycenae (Karo, Schachtgraber, Atlas,
PI. LXX, 221).