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POTTERY: TOWN STYLE
In all arrangements of material, whether on Museum shelves or on Plates of a publication,
practical requirements of space must often thwart endeavors to effect systematic grouping. Certain
objects illustrated on Plate VIII agree in style with those on Plate VII or Plate X; others recall the
simplicity of work seen on Plate VI; some undecorated pieces belong to a wholly different class of
antiquities and ought to be shown on Plate 11 or, if intended for ritual use, as is probable, on Plate
XI. Indulgence must be asked for the lack of uniformity. Four vases, Nos. 17, 23, 30, 31, come from
one room (F 14), so that no doubt can be felt as to their being of equal age. A little study will discover
the links by which a number of other vases on Plate VIII {e. g., Nos. 1, 3-6, 8, 10, 16, 21, 22) are
attached to them. We may note in passing that Gournia yielded only one object of which one may
be reasonably sure that it was an importation—a tall 'spindle-shaped' jug of polished red ware
(No. 25), which would be taller yet, if rightly restored. Red ware jugs of this shape have been found
in Cyprus and Egypt, notably in the Maket Tomb at Illahun (temp. Thothmes III), but not elsewhere
in Crete to my knowledge.
Plate VIII represents the ceramic art of the fully developed Town Period; the vases come from
houses on the top of the hill, except Nos. 16 and 25, which are from dwellings in the eastern valley,
that were occupied at the same time as those on the crest. In glancing at the shapes, one notices
that the decorated amphorae of Town Style all preserve the small handles and elliptical mouth that
characterize the Middle Minoan type. There are two principal varieties of decorated schnabelkannen;
one, the diameter of which is almost or quite equal to its height, has small, close handles and a short
spout, on either side of which is a pointed boss; the other is of much better proportions, full-bodied but
tall, with handle curving gracefully and a spout elevated at just the right angle. Beside these there
flourished a wide-mouthed jug with a short spout. The 'tea-cup' with or without a handle is a
favorite shape. Strainers seem to have been very much in use. Hole-mouthed jars with trough and
tubular spouts are among the best decorated pieces. The double-axe alternating with leafy posts is
charmingly executed on a tall graceful cup, shaped like gold and silver goblets from Mycenae. Mugs,
bowls, and cylindrical boxes were on the shelves of Gournia houses.
In design we recognize many familiar elements. The spiral is represented in several fashions—
No one of the vases on Plate Vlll is shown in color, but ij the reader will consult Plates F-K, he will find that they in-
terpret the brief verbal descriptions here given.
1 Amphora, thickset, with ' Kamares ' mouth. Fine p.-buff clay; red paint. Bands,'plant-spiral,'oblique lines on shoul-
der, solid color over neck and handles; white bands on dark shoulder bands, white stripes across handles. H.
10.8 cm. Reg. No. 2779.
2 Same type. Lustrous surface; dark brownish-red paint, no white. Free bands and wave-lines which coalesce in a
free lattice pattern. H. 12.9cm. From A16. Reg.N0.1901.
3 Pitcher with trough-spout. P.-buff clay; black paint. Bands and broken 'plant-spiral.' H. 14. 7cm. Reg. No. 1839.
4 Schnabelkanne, thickset; three pointed bosses on neck. Pine p.-buff clay, low lustre; black paint, faded to reddish-brown.
Bands and a curiously modified'plant-spiral.' H.21.2cm. From B 9. Reg. No. 2787.
5 Same type; neck-ridge. Bluish-black paint, faded. Bands, open spiral, fringed bands, and detached flowers around
shoulder; white dots on neck-band and on band below spirals. H. 20.6 cm. From F28. Reg. No. 1855.
6 Small amphora, type of No. 1. Fine p.-buff clay; red paint. Bands, free lattice, stripes on handles. H. 6.9 cm. From
A 43. Reg. No. 2797.
7 ' Bulb-vase,' thickset. P.-buff clay, lustrous gray surface; black-brown paint. Coral, double zigzag with drip, dots
filling interspaces; solid color over bottom and neck, darts on rim. H.6.9cm. From A 43. Reg. No. 2794.
8 'Tea-cup'like PI. D 2, described on p. 60. Bands and six spirals. H. 6.2 cm. From C 14. Reg. No. 2808.
9 ' Bulb-vase.'Fine buff clay; black-brown paint. Bands, brush-strokes, wriggles. H. 7.9 cm. From F 7. Reg. No. 1881.
10 Small 'bulb-vase.' Fine red clay, warm reddish-yellow surface, lustrous; dark red paint. Bands, dots, a design like
flower petals or tiny birds. H.6cm. From A 43. Reg. No. 2796.
11 Small jug, thickset. Black-red on buff, low lustre. Bands and degraded fern. H. 5.4 cm. From Cs. Reg. No. 1878.
12 Small 'bulb-vase.' Fine buff clay, grayish surface, slight lustre; black-brown paint. Bands and fern-spray, degraded
into two rows of dots. H. 4.5 cm. From Gi. Reg. No. 1876.
13 Small strainer; six holes. Black and red bands on buff. H. 3.8 cm. Rim D. 7 cm. Base D. 5 cm. Reg. No. 1886.
14 Low strainer; five holes in bottom, two handles. Black on buff; broad bands and wave-line. H. 6.3 cm. From Cs.
Reg. No. 1874.
15 'Urn-strainer,' type of PI. II 21. Fine p.-yellow clay, self-formed slip with low lustre; black paint. Bands and fern-
sprays (cf. No. 11). H. 9.5 cm. Reg. No. 1873.
16 Schnabelkanne of good shape; neck-ridge. Fine p.-buff clay; self-formed slip, warm in tint, lustrous; red paint. Bands
and a design of two perpendicular fringed strokes, occurring thrice. H. 29 cm. From B 9. Reg. No. 2770.
17 Schnabelkanne of excellent proportions; neck-ridge. P.-buff clay, low lustre; bluish-black paint, badly worn. Bands,
spirals, dots, white dots on middle bands. H. 29 cm. From F14. Phila. (A better preserved jug, almost iden-
tical from Hill House. Reg. No. 2771.)
18 Conical rhyton. Fine p.-yellow clay, lustrous pink slip; black paint. Bands, sponge pattern with white dots on rings,
groups of curved lines bordered with dots, marguerites in outline. Band of darts around rim; rim and handle,
solid color. White on rim-band, double wave-line in white on top of rim, two white stripes across base of handle.
H. 21 cm. From A 20. Reg. No. 2835.
19 Conical rhyton; clay pellet on rim (cf. PI. VII, 26, 27, 29, 31). P.-buff clay, self-formed slip, low lustre; black-red paint.
Bands, chevrons, stripes across rim; groups of four or five white dots on bands (badly worn). H. 28.5 cm. From
A 13. Reg. No. 1859.
20 Like preceding. Lemon-yellow clay; bluish-black paint. Bands, rosettes of dots between chevrons. H. 29 cm.
From A 20. Reg. No. i860.
21 Cylindrical jar with raised rim, bridge-spout, two horiz., one vert, handles. P.-buff clay, smooth surface, low lustre;
red paint. Bands, a field of marguerites and gladioli; large dots, 'plant-spiral' and detached 'tendrils' on shoulder.
H. 21.8 cm. From C 68. Reg. No. 3913.
in its simplest form as a running scroll, elaborated to produce a somewhat lacy effect, broken into bold,
detached curves, and transformed into a double stem with leafy tendrils. Free brush-strokes were
often employed, resembling at times a flight of small birds or again more like tiny flowers, dropped on
the vase. A careless criss-cross or free hatching (No. 23) is as effective as was the Middle Minoan 'drip'
or 'trickle' (PI. VI 43). Dots, bands, wave-lines, rosettes, the 'ripple,' the formal encircling fern (per-
haps derived from a sub-neolithic stitch pattern), had all been known to Middle Minoan potters. The
chevrons on Nos. 19, 20 are surely survivals of a scheme of decoration combining bands and open zig-
zags, which appears on more than one-half of the cup fragments of the Early Minoan white on black
pottery, discovered by Miss Hall in the North Trench at Gournia. The cross-hatched checker-board de-
sign of No. 36, in spite of its 'Mycenaean' or even 'sub-Mycenaean' aspect, has actually as old a his-
tory as the chevrons, for it is found on a white on black fragment from the North Trench; another
early feature of No. 36 is that the ends of the handles are 'thumb-pressed.' Thus the persistence of
shapes and designs is demonstrated, and many a dictum as to the 'lateness' of certain patterns must
give way to a more discriminating judgment, based on the circumstances under which a find is made,
the quality of clay and paint, the feeling for proportion or lack of it, whether due to ignorance or dis-
regard (the first a symptom of an early, the second of a late stage) and finally, the spirit that animates
the work, which is of all criteria the safest, but the most difficult to define and impossible to acquire
save through experience.
Nos. 32 and 33 belong to a class of objects which are numerous and puzzling. These solid discs
of coarse clay invariably have on one surface, at the centre, a small round hole, pointed at the bottom.
Top and rim are decorated with incised grooves and gashes. The most reasonable explanation seems
to be that they are ' tables of offering.' One shows signs of burning around the centre; the cup of another
had a diameter of 12 cm., which militates against its having been a mere socket, rotating on a pivot, as
it would have been if these objects were potters' tables—the first solution offered by me. Their weight
also is against this practical interpretation, although other features favor it—the shape of the edge,
which seems intended to give a firm grasp to the hand, and the gashes which might have helped one in
propelling the wheel by means of a stick. We must await further evidence to decide the point.
22 Same type. P.-yellow clay, lustrous gray-buff slip; black paint. Bands, groups of five or six large dots, 'plant-spiral,'
a row of lilies with wriggles in field, fancy 'plant-spiral' on shoulder. White wave-lines on bands, white dots on
shoulder spirals, white festoon below spout. H. 24.5 cm. Reg. No. 2821.
23 Jar of stamnos shape with five handles—the small ones beside the tubular spout may be for tying a stopper; two
small horns on rim at back. Coarse red clay, p.-buff slip, low lustre; black-red paint. Bands, double-stemmed
'plant-spiral'; four large detached spirals on shoulder, outlined with dots, double wave-line bordered with dots
below side handles, free lattice below spout, petals or tiny birds in field. H. 23.2 cm. From F 14. Reg. No. 1824.
24 Large mug, concave sides. Brownish-gray clay, self-formed slip, slightly lustrous; black paint. Narrow bands, a row
of small chevrons, and one of marguerites in outline. H. 10.7 cm. Reg. No. 2998.
25 Tall 'spindle-shaped' lecythus, with broad, flat rim and base-ring; an XVI(1th Dyn. type. Hand-made; marks of mod-
elling stick. Warm brown clay; red body-paint, hand-polished. H. 26.7 cm. (as restored, but was probably c. 5 cm.
taller). From B 7.
26 Tall cup with large bowl and hollow stem; small hole in bottom (D. 4 mm.). Brownish-red clay, self-formed slip; black-
red paint. Bands, six double-axes mounted on double shafts topped by rings, alternating with six leafy posts.
White bands on stem of cup, white dots on axe-heads. H. 14 cm. From C 48. Reg. No. 2795.
27 Mug, slightly concave sides; slight side projection on rim. Buff clay; black bands and zigzag. Faint white on bands.
H. 10 cm. Reg. No. 1909.
28 Bowl with rim-spout; two side handles. Buff clay; black-brown body glaze within and without. H. 10.3 cm. Reg.
No. 2810.
29 Large'tea-cup.' P.-buff clay; black band. Bands and free lattice; bands around inside. H. 10.2 cm. Reg. No. 1927.
30 Like Nos. 4, 5; pointed boss on each side of mouth (one gone). Light yellow clay, low lustre; black paint and red chalky
pigment in alternating bands. Black spiral with ribbon waves above and below; red dots in field. White dots on
black bands and white stripes across handle. H.13CIT1. FromFi4. Reg. No. 1856.
31 Jar like Nos. 21, 22, but diminishing towards base; tubular spout, two side handles. P.-gray clay, gray slip; black paint.
Bands, graceful fern-spray, a flower under each handle. H. 15cm. From F18. Reg. No. 1862.
32 Round table of coarse, bright pink clay. Two encircling grooves in bevelled rim just above flat base. On top a raised
disc, deeply scored; centre hole, 3 cm. deep, pointed at bottom. Gt. D. 32.5 cm. Intact. Reg. No. 3165.
33 Same type; coarse red clay. Distinct base, 1.2 cm. high, with deep groove encircling it. Rounded rim cut in thirty-
seven oblique gashes, giving it a corded appearance. On top, thirteen deep gashes around raised disc; centre hole
only 7 mm. deep. Gt. 0.34 cm. Reg. No. 3169.
34 Fragment of table having overhanging rim and a socket to fit over standard. On top near edge three incised circles;
on under side seven circular grooves. Coarse clay, imperfectly baked, dark gray at core. H.c. 3 cm. Gt. D.c.19 cm.
35 Hole-mouthed jar, with bridge-spout and two side handles (broken); type of PI. 11 48, PI. VII 6. P.-buff clay, lustrous;
black paint shading to burnt orange. Bands and ripple. H. to mouth, 10.5 cm. From F 7. Reg. No. 1868.
36 Round box on three short legs; two horizontal handles, thumb-pressed, alternate with pointed bosses. Buff clay,
smooth, but not lustrous; red paint. Bands, checker-board; squares filled with free lattice, same over handles.
Solid color over rim and cover. H. of box 15.2 cm. From F9. Reg. No. 1905.
37 Round, wide-mouthed jar, handles (broken) like No. 36; rim bevelled for cover to set in. Coarse p.-buff clay; black
paint. Bands and brush-strokes carelessly applied. H. 13.9 cm. From A16. Reg. No. 1906.
38 Carafe. Brownish-gray clay; red paint. Bands and brush-strokes. Scale c. 1:4.
39 Pitcher, like No. 3, but with distinct foot and two pointed bosses on each side of rim. P.-buff clay, low lustre; bluish-black
paint. Bands, rows of small dots (a degraded fern-spray, cf., Nos 11, 12). H. 15.3 cm. From Fg. Reg. No. 1838.
40 Spherical jar, raised rim, four handles. P.-buff clay; black-brown bands and stripes on handles. H.20cm. FromDii.
41 Large stamnos, four handles; neck-ridge, slight foot. Fine p.-buff clay, self-formed slip; black paint. Broad bands and
overlapping circles around bases of handles. Solid color over foot, handles, neck, and rim. H. 47 cm. From E 29.
42
In all arrangements of material, whether on Museum shelves or on Plates of a publication,
practical requirements of space must often thwart endeavors to effect systematic grouping. Certain
objects illustrated on Plate VIII agree in style with those on Plate VII or Plate X; others recall the
simplicity of work seen on Plate VI; some undecorated pieces belong to a wholly different class of
antiquities and ought to be shown on Plate 11 or, if intended for ritual use, as is probable, on Plate
XI. Indulgence must be asked for the lack of uniformity. Four vases, Nos. 17, 23, 30, 31, come from
one room (F 14), so that no doubt can be felt as to their being of equal age. A little study will discover
the links by which a number of other vases on Plate VIII {e. g., Nos. 1, 3-6, 8, 10, 16, 21, 22) are
attached to them. We may note in passing that Gournia yielded only one object of which one may
be reasonably sure that it was an importation—a tall 'spindle-shaped' jug of polished red ware
(No. 25), which would be taller yet, if rightly restored. Red ware jugs of this shape have been found
in Cyprus and Egypt, notably in the Maket Tomb at Illahun (temp. Thothmes III), but not elsewhere
in Crete to my knowledge.
Plate VIII represents the ceramic art of the fully developed Town Period; the vases come from
houses on the top of the hill, except Nos. 16 and 25, which are from dwellings in the eastern valley,
that were occupied at the same time as those on the crest. In glancing at the shapes, one notices
that the decorated amphorae of Town Style all preserve the small handles and elliptical mouth that
characterize the Middle Minoan type. There are two principal varieties of decorated schnabelkannen;
one, the diameter of which is almost or quite equal to its height, has small, close handles and a short
spout, on either side of which is a pointed boss; the other is of much better proportions, full-bodied but
tall, with handle curving gracefully and a spout elevated at just the right angle. Beside these there
flourished a wide-mouthed jug with a short spout. The 'tea-cup' with or without a handle is a
favorite shape. Strainers seem to have been very much in use. Hole-mouthed jars with trough and
tubular spouts are among the best decorated pieces. The double-axe alternating with leafy posts is
charmingly executed on a tall graceful cup, shaped like gold and silver goblets from Mycenae. Mugs,
bowls, and cylindrical boxes were on the shelves of Gournia houses.
In design we recognize many familiar elements. The spiral is represented in several fashions—
No one of the vases on Plate Vlll is shown in color, but ij the reader will consult Plates F-K, he will find that they in-
terpret the brief verbal descriptions here given.
1 Amphora, thickset, with ' Kamares ' mouth. Fine p.-buff clay; red paint. Bands,'plant-spiral,'oblique lines on shoul-
der, solid color over neck and handles; white bands on dark shoulder bands, white stripes across handles. H.
10.8 cm. Reg. No. 2779.
2 Same type. Lustrous surface; dark brownish-red paint, no white. Free bands and wave-lines which coalesce in a
free lattice pattern. H. 12.9cm. From A16. Reg.N0.1901.
3 Pitcher with trough-spout. P.-buff clay; black paint. Bands and broken 'plant-spiral.' H. 14. 7cm. Reg. No. 1839.
4 Schnabelkanne, thickset; three pointed bosses on neck. Pine p.-buff clay, low lustre; black paint, faded to reddish-brown.
Bands and a curiously modified'plant-spiral.' H.21.2cm. From B 9. Reg. No. 2787.
5 Same type; neck-ridge. Bluish-black paint, faded. Bands, open spiral, fringed bands, and detached flowers around
shoulder; white dots on neck-band and on band below spirals. H. 20.6 cm. From F28. Reg. No. 1855.
6 Small amphora, type of No. 1. Fine p.-buff clay; red paint. Bands, free lattice, stripes on handles. H. 6.9 cm. From
A 43. Reg. No. 2797.
7 ' Bulb-vase,' thickset. P.-buff clay, lustrous gray surface; black-brown paint. Coral, double zigzag with drip, dots
filling interspaces; solid color over bottom and neck, darts on rim. H.6.9cm. From A 43. Reg. No. 2794.
8 'Tea-cup'like PI. D 2, described on p. 60. Bands and six spirals. H. 6.2 cm. From C 14. Reg. No. 2808.
9 ' Bulb-vase.'Fine buff clay; black-brown paint. Bands, brush-strokes, wriggles. H. 7.9 cm. From F 7. Reg. No. 1881.
10 Small 'bulb-vase.' Fine red clay, warm reddish-yellow surface, lustrous; dark red paint. Bands, dots, a design like
flower petals or tiny birds. H.6cm. From A 43. Reg. No. 2796.
11 Small jug, thickset. Black-red on buff, low lustre. Bands and degraded fern. H. 5.4 cm. From Cs. Reg. No. 1878.
12 Small 'bulb-vase.' Fine buff clay, grayish surface, slight lustre; black-brown paint. Bands and fern-spray, degraded
into two rows of dots. H. 4.5 cm. From Gi. Reg. No. 1876.
13 Small strainer; six holes. Black and red bands on buff. H. 3.8 cm. Rim D. 7 cm. Base D. 5 cm. Reg. No. 1886.
14 Low strainer; five holes in bottom, two handles. Black on buff; broad bands and wave-line. H. 6.3 cm. From Cs.
Reg. No. 1874.
15 'Urn-strainer,' type of PI. II 21. Fine p.-yellow clay, self-formed slip with low lustre; black paint. Bands and fern-
sprays (cf. No. 11). H. 9.5 cm. Reg. No. 1873.
16 Schnabelkanne of good shape; neck-ridge. Fine p.-buff clay; self-formed slip, warm in tint, lustrous; red paint. Bands
and a design of two perpendicular fringed strokes, occurring thrice. H. 29 cm. From B 9. Reg. No. 2770.
17 Schnabelkanne of excellent proportions; neck-ridge. P.-buff clay, low lustre; bluish-black paint, badly worn. Bands,
spirals, dots, white dots on middle bands. H. 29 cm. From F14. Phila. (A better preserved jug, almost iden-
tical from Hill House. Reg. No. 2771.)
18 Conical rhyton. Fine p.-yellow clay, lustrous pink slip; black paint. Bands, sponge pattern with white dots on rings,
groups of curved lines bordered with dots, marguerites in outline. Band of darts around rim; rim and handle,
solid color. White on rim-band, double wave-line in white on top of rim, two white stripes across base of handle.
H. 21 cm. From A 20. Reg. No. 2835.
19 Conical rhyton; clay pellet on rim (cf. PI. VII, 26, 27, 29, 31). P.-buff clay, self-formed slip, low lustre; black-red paint.
Bands, chevrons, stripes across rim; groups of four or five white dots on bands (badly worn). H. 28.5 cm. From
A 13. Reg. No. 1859.
20 Like preceding. Lemon-yellow clay; bluish-black paint. Bands, rosettes of dots between chevrons. H. 29 cm.
From A 20. Reg. No. i860.
21 Cylindrical jar with raised rim, bridge-spout, two horiz., one vert, handles. P.-buff clay, smooth surface, low lustre;
red paint. Bands, a field of marguerites and gladioli; large dots, 'plant-spiral' and detached 'tendrils' on shoulder.
H. 21.8 cm. From C 68. Reg. No. 3913.
in its simplest form as a running scroll, elaborated to produce a somewhat lacy effect, broken into bold,
detached curves, and transformed into a double stem with leafy tendrils. Free brush-strokes were
often employed, resembling at times a flight of small birds or again more like tiny flowers, dropped on
the vase. A careless criss-cross or free hatching (No. 23) is as effective as was the Middle Minoan 'drip'
or 'trickle' (PI. VI 43). Dots, bands, wave-lines, rosettes, the 'ripple,' the formal encircling fern (per-
haps derived from a sub-neolithic stitch pattern), had all been known to Middle Minoan potters. The
chevrons on Nos. 19, 20 are surely survivals of a scheme of decoration combining bands and open zig-
zags, which appears on more than one-half of the cup fragments of the Early Minoan white on black
pottery, discovered by Miss Hall in the North Trench at Gournia. The cross-hatched checker-board de-
sign of No. 36, in spite of its 'Mycenaean' or even 'sub-Mycenaean' aspect, has actually as old a his-
tory as the chevrons, for it is found on a white on black fragment from the North Trench; another
early feature of No. 36 is that the ends of the handles are 'thumb-pressed.' Thus the persistence of
shapes and designs is demonstrated, and many a dictum as to the 'lateness' of certain patterns must
give way to a more discriminating judgment, based on the circumstances under which a find is made,
the quality of clay and paint, the feeling for proportion or lack of it, whether due to ignorance or dis-
regard (the first a symptom of an early, the second of a late stage) and finally, the spirit that animates
the work, which is of all criteria the safest, but the most difficult to define and impossible to acquire
save through experience.
Nos. 32 and 33 belong to a class of objects which are numerous and puzzling. These solid discs
of coarse clay invariably have on one surface, at the centre, a small round hole, pointed at the bottom.
Top and rim are decorated with incised grooves and gashes. The most reasonable explanation seems
to be that they are ' tables of offering.' One shows signs of burning around the centre; the cup of another
had a diameter of 12 cm., which militates against its having been a mere socket, rotating on a pivot, as
it would have been if these objects were potters' tables—the first solution offered by me. Their weight
also is against this practical interpretation, although other features favor it—the shape of the edge,
which seems intended to give a firm grasp to the hand, and the gashes which might have helped one in
propelling the wheel by means of a stick. We must await further evidence to decide the point.
22 Same type. P.-yellow clay, lustrous gray-buff slip; black paint. Bands, groups of five or six large dots, 'plant-spiral,'
a row of lilies with wriggles in field, fancy 'plant-spiral' on shoulder. White wave-lines on bands, white dots on
shoulder spirals, white festoon below spout. H. 24.5 cm. Reg. No. 2821.
23 Jar of stamnos shape with five handles—the small ones beside the tubular spout may be for tying a stopper; two
small horns on rim at back. Coarse red clay, p.-buff slip, low lustre; black-red paint. Bands, double-stemmed
'plant-spiral'; four large detached spirals on shoulder, outlined with dots, double wave-line bordered with dots
below side handles, free lattice below spout, petals or tiny birds in field. H. 23.2 cm. From F 14. Reg. No. 1824.
24 Large mug, concave sides. Brownish-gray clay, self-formed slip, slightly lustrous; black paint. Narrow bands, a row
of small chevrons, and one of marguerites in outline. H. 10.7 cm. Reg. No. 2998.
25 Tall 'spindle-shaped' lecythus, with broad, flat rim and base-ring; an XVI(1th Dyn. type. Hand-made; marks of mod-
elling stick. Warm brown clay; red body-paint, hand-polished. H. 26.7 cm. (as restored, but was probably c. 5 cm.
taller). From B 7.
26 Tall cup with large bowl and hollow stem; small hole in bottom (D. 4 mm.). Brownish-red clay, self-formed slip; black-
red paint. Bands, six double-axes mounted on double shafts topped by rings, alternating with six leafy posts.
White bands on stem of cup, white dots on axe-heads. H. 14 cm. From C 48. Reg. No. 2795.
27 Mug, slightly concave sides; slight side projection on rim. Buff clay; black bands and zigzag. Faint white on bands.
H. 10 cm. Reg. No. 1909.
28 Bowl with rim-spout; two side handles. Buff clay; black-brown body glaze within and without. H. 10.3 cm. Reg.
No. 2810.
29 Large'tea-cup.' P.-buff clay; black band. Bands and free lattice; bands around inside. H. 10.2 cm. Reg. No. 1927.
30 Like Nos. 4, 5; pointed boss on each side of mouth (one gone). Light yellow clay, low lustre; black paint and red chalky
pigment in alternating bands. Black spiral with ribbon waves above and below; red dots in field. White dots on
black bands and white stripes across handle. H.13CIT1. FromFi4. Reg. No. 1856.
31 Jar like Nos. 21, 22, but diminishing towards base; tubular spout, two side handles. P.-gray clay, gray slip; black paint.
Bands, graceful fern-spray, a flower under each handle. H. 15cm. From F18. Reg. No. 1862.
32 Round table of coarse, bright pink clay. Two encircling grooves in bevelled rim just above flat base. On top a raised
disc, deeply scored; centre hole, 3 cm. deep, pointed at bottom. Gt. D. 32.5 cm. Intact. Reg. No. 3165.
33 Same type; coarse red clay. Distinct base, 1.2 cm. high, with deep groove encircling it. Rounded rim cut in thirty-
seven oblique gashes, giving it a corded appearance. On top, thirteen deep gashes around raised disc; centre hole
only 7 mm. deep. Gt. 0.34 cm. Reg. No. 3169.
34 Fragment of table having overhanging rim and a socket to fit over standard. On top near edge three incised circles;
on under side seven circular grooves. Coarse clay, imperfectly baked, dark gray at core. H.c. 3 cm. Gt. D.c.19 cm.
35 Hole-mouthed jar, with bridge-spout and two side handles (broken); type of PI. 11 48, PI. VII 6. P.-buff clay, lustrous;
black paint shading to burnt orange. Bands and ripple. H. to mouth, 10.5 cm. From F 7. Reg. No. 1868.
36 Round box on three short legs; two horizontal handles, thumb-pressed, alternate with pointed bosses. Buff clay,
smooth, but not lustrous; red paint. Bands, checker-board; squares filled with free lattice, same over handles.
Solid color over rim and cover. H. of box 15.2 cm. From F9. Reg. No. 1905.
37 Round, wide-mouthed jar, handles (broken) like No. 36; rim bevelled for cover to set in. Coarse p.-buff clay; black
paint. Bands and brush-strokes carelessly applied. H. 13.9 cm. From A16. Reg. No. 1906.
38 Carafe. Brownish-gray clay; red paint. Bands and brush-strokes. Scale c. 1:4.
39 Pitcher, like No. 3, but with distinct foot and two pointed bosses on each side of rim. P.-buff clay, low lustre; bluish-black
paint. Bands, rows of small dots (a degraded fern-spray, cf., Nos 11, 12). H. 15.3 cm. From Fg. Reg. No. 1838.
40 Spherical jar, raised rim, four handles. P.-buff clay; black-brown bands and stripes on handles. H.20cm. FromDii.
41 Large stamnos, four handles; neck-ridge, slight foot. Fine p.-buff clay, self-formed slip; black paint. Broad bands and
overlapping circles around bases of handles. Solid color over foot, handles, neck, and rim. H. 47 cm. From E 29.
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