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POTTERY FROM THE TEMENOS OP APHRODITE.
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touches are added in the more developed
examples; once or twice, too, a pink
flesh colour for the skin of men; as a
rule, the drawing is in fine outline, and
no incised lines are used; two exceptions
will be noticed below.
a. Bowls of the shape indicated in Nauk. I.
PI. X. 1 and 3, a rounded body and a
long conical rim, which is, indeed, the
chief field for ornament. The body is
decorated outside by plain brown bands,
and at the top by a line of guillauche
pattern. These vases are always black
inside with lotus patterns, rosettes, &c,
in red and white, varying in gorgeous-
ness and complexity, but always of the
same nature (see Nauk. I. PL V. 1—10.
Journ. of Hell. Stud., 1887, PI. LXXLX).
This ware is undoubtedly of local manu-
facture, as is proved not only by the
quantity of it found here and. nowhere
else,1 but by inscriptions painted on it
before firing, showing it to have been
specially made for dedication to Aphro-
dite.
1. Small, only ornamented with concentric
bands and geometrical patterns;
inside as described. (Nauk. I. PL V.
29, 30).
2. Usually somewhat larger, with animals
and figures (PL V. 2—6 ; Nauk. I. PL
V. 11—28). Style similar to next
class.
3. Similar, but very fine; some examples
must have been fourteen inches or
more in diameter at the top when
perfect. Thus they approximate to
the ordinary crater in shape and size
(PL V. 7 ; Journ. of Hell. Stud., 1887,
PL LXXIX., where the inside and out-
side of one of the finest fragments are
1 There are two small examples in the Louvre, from
Khodes ■ we might expect some exports thither, since so
many vases were imported from that island.
A.
excellently reproduced in the colours
of the original). The empty spaces
of the field are always varied, but not
filled up, with geometrical and other
ornaments. The colouring is wonder-
fully rich in its decorative effect.
The drawing, on the other hand,
though often very delicate and care-
ful, seems to lack the vigour that
marks some of the other types of
pottery, and sometimes sinks to a
purely conventional treatment. Thus
muscles of animals tend to become
meaningless spirals. So too the lion's
head on PL V. 7, however fine, looks
weak when contrasted with the
powerful jaws of the beast on a
different ware (B. b.) depicted also in
PL LXXIX. of the Hellenic Journal.
Yet for beauty and richness of
decorative effect one can hardly deny
that this white glazed ware surpasses
all others. The easy freedom of the
brush seems, however, to have
enervated its art, while the concise
vigour of the incised line has left
more strength to the drawing which
we shall meet in class B.
4. Similar to 2; but generally smaller;
with incised lines. This treatment
was especially used for grotesque
figures of negroes, &c, (see Nauk. I.
PL V. 34, 35, 40—42, Ac.) If these
figures have sometimes more rude
vigour of drawing, they entirely lack
the fineness and delicacy that marks
classes 2 and 3. In one or two
exceptional cases we find incised lines
combined with careful colouring, e.g.
in the dark red heads, Nauk. I. PL V.
35 (one or two other similar examples
have been found).
b. Similar, but much larger and coarser
vases; only a few fragments have been
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touches are added in the more developed
examples; once or twice, too, a pink
flesh colour for the skin of men; as a
rule, the drawing is in fine outline, and
no incised lines are used; two exceptions
will be noticed below.
a. Bowls of the shape indicated in Nauk. I.
PI. X. 1 and 3, a rounded body and a
long conical rim, which is, indeed, the
chief field for ornament. The body is
decorated outside by plain brown bands,
and at the top by a line of guillauche
pattern. These vases are always black
inside with lotus patterns, rosettes, &c,
in red and white, varying in gorgeous-
ness and complexity, but always of the
same nature (see Nauk. I. PL V. 1—10.
Journ. of Hell. Stud., 1887, PI. LXXLX).
This ware is undoubtedly of local manu-
facture, as is proved not only by the
quantity of it found here and. nowhere
else,1 but by inscriptions painted on it
before firing, showing it to have been
specially made for dedication to Aphro-
dite.
1. Small, only ornamented with concentric
bands and geometrical patterns;
inside as described. (Nauk. I. PL V.
29, 30).
2. Usually somewhat larger, with animals
and figures (PL V. 2—6 ; Nauk. I. PL
V. 11—28). Style similar to next
class.
3. Similar, but very fine; some examples
must have been fourteen inches or
more in diameter at the top when
perfect. Thus they approximate to
the ordinary crater in shape and size
(PL V. 7 ; Journ. of Hell. Stud., 1887,
PL LXXIX., where the inside and out-
side of one of the finest fragments are
1 There are two small examples in the Louvre, from
Khodes ■ we might expect some exports thither, since so
many vases were imported from that island.
A.
excellently reproduced in the colours
of the original). The empty spaces
of the field are always varied, but not
filled up, with geometrical and other
ornaments. The colouring is wonder-
fully rich in its decorative effect.
The drawing, on the other hand,
though often very delicate and care-
ful, seems to lack the vigour that
marks some of the other types of
pottery, and sometimes sinks to a
purely conventional treatment. Thus
muscles of animals tend to become
meaningless spirals. So too the lion's
head on PL V. 7, however fine, looks
weak when contrasted with the
powerful jaws of the beast on a
different ware (B. b.) depicted also in
PL LXXIX. of the Hellenic Journal.
Yet for beauty and richness of
decorative effect one can hardly deny
that this white glazed ware surpasses
all others. The easy freedom of the
brush seems, however, to have
enervated its art, while the concise
vigour of the incised line has left
more strength to the drawing which
we shall meet in class B.
4. Similar to 2; but generally smaller;
with incised lines. This treatment
was especially used for grotesque
figures of negroes, &c, (see Nauk. I.
PL V. 34, 35, 40—42, Ac.) If these
figures have sometimes more rude
vigour of drawing, they entirely lack
the fineness and delicacy that marks
classes 2 and 3. In one or two
exceptional cases we find incised lines
combined with careful colouring, e.g.
in the dark red heads, Nauk. I. PL V.
35 (one or two other similar examples
have been found).
b. Similar, but much larger and coarser
vases; only a few fragments have been