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MKTALL1C BOWLS FROM CYPRUS.
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jority of cases this has disappeared, it is impossible to judge what principles
guided the artists in their choice of hues.
Although the island was rich in metal, and bowls of silver, and jewellery of
gold, have been brought to light; yet bronze figures or their fragments are
scarcely ever met with. This circumstance seems to prove that the art of
Ftg< 62. Silver Bowl discovered at Palestrina. Rome.
bronze casting was less practised in Cyprus than in Etruria, a land whose art
offers many resemblances to these Cypriote remains, especially in its lack of
style.
The metallic bowls have all the characteristics of what is believed to be Phoe-
nician strongly pronounced (p. 115), and have been found scattered far beyond
the limits of Cyprus, where they were probably executed. They have been found
in Italy and Greece, and are thought to belong to the seventh and sixth cen-
119
jority of cases this has disappeared, it is impossible to judge what principles
guided the artists in their choice of hues.
Although the island was rich in metal, and bowls of silver, and jewellery of
gold, have been brought to light; yet bronze figures or their fragments are
scarcely ever met with. This circumstance seems to prove that the art of
Ftg< 62. Silver Bowl discovered at Palestrina. Rome.
bronze casting was less practised in Cyprus than in Etruria, a land whose art
offers many resemblances to these Cypriote remains, especially in its lack of
style.
The metallic bowls have all the characteristics of what is believed to be Phoe-
nician strongly pronounced (p. 115), and have been found scattered far beyond
the limits of Cyprus, where they were probably executed. They have been found
in Italy and Greece, and are thought to belong to the seventh and sixth cen-