Murray, Alexander S.; Smith, Arthur H.; Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Excavations in Cyprus: bequest of Miss E. T. Turner to the British Museum (London, 1900)

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No. 4. Aryballos of light blue unglazed porcelain with bossy surface. Ht. 2\ inches. (From
tomb 43.)

No. 5. Duck-shaped vase of light blue glazed porcelain. The wing-feathers are indicated in
black. Length, 5^ in. (From tomb 201.)

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Fig. 166.

A large panel of blue porcelain, with a moulded frame, measuring 14 by 8 inches, was also
found. On the surface were doubtful traces of figures painted on it in black. (From tomb 53.)

OBJECTS IN GLASS.

The variegated glass bottles, often of fine shape and rich colouring, seem to have been in use
from the 6th to the 4th centuries B.C. Dating from the beginning of the period was a yellow and
black alabastron of simple form found with the early Rhodian ware, in tomb 106.

The variegated bottles also occurred in tomb 83, with Graeco-Egyptian, Greek, Cypriote terracottas,
and a black-figured kylix ; in tomb 78, with the black-figured amphora, with the Harpy and Boread ;
in tomb 89, with black glazed ware ; in tomb 30, with a silver coin of a 6th century king of
Salamis ; in tomb 37, with a 4th century terracotta.

The clear glass bottles belonged principally to the Roman age, and perhaps also to the late
Hellenistic period. When, as was sometimes the case, they were found with objects of an earlier time,
there was always good reason to infer a repeated use of the tomb.