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niiST TASE liOOM.
■XI.
C. Lchjthos.
7. Aryballos.
8. Kantharos.
9. Ay-iVr.
These several types vary in the successive periods of
Fictile Art; and thus the shape of a vase forms one of the
criteria by which its age may be ascertained.
VASES OF THE ARCHAIC PERIOD.
The earliest specimens of Greek or Etruscan Fictile Art in
the Museum are the vases from Athens, Melos, Corinth, and
other parts of Greece and the Archipelago (Cases 1-5, and
Table Case A) ; those from Kameiros and Ialysos in Rhodes
(Cases 0-16, and Cases B and P); the black and red ware
from Etruria.in the Room of Archaic Sculptures, and the two
vases from the Polledrara tomb near Vulci (Bronze Room, Cases
6, 7), which are noticed in the description of the Bronze Hoom.
Among the earliest of these specimens of Archaic art are the
vases in Cases 1-5, and Table Case A, chiefly from Alliens
and Melos, on which a variety of geometrical patterns are
painted in brown on an ash-coloured ground. The designs
on these vases consist of mamnders, stars, lozenges, waves,
chequers, and other ornaments, arranged in concentric bands,
apparently in imitation of woven fabrics. In this style
animal forms are very sparingly introduced, and are drawn
in the rudest manner. On vases Nos. 1 and 2 may be seen
primitive representations of goats and birds. On the cover
No. 3 in Table Case A, is a horse rudely modelled, and orna-
mented with patterns similar to those on the vases them-
selves. In the Second Egyptian Room (Cases 33-38) is a
small collection of vases from Cyprus, which in their fabric
and ornaments closely resemble the most archaic va^es from
Athens and Melos. Among them may be noticed an viuochoi
(No 3*), with the design of a chariot driven by n charioteer
and carrying a warrior in the act of drawing his bow. With
th'is design may be compared the figures of chariots on
Assyrian friezes.
■XI.
C. Lchjthos.
7. Aryballos.
8. Kantharos.
9. Ay-iVr.
These several types vary in the successive periods of
Fictile Art; and thus the shape of a vase forms one of the
criteria by which its age may be ascertained.
VASES OF THE ARCHAIC PERIOD.
The earliest specimens of Greek or Etruscan Fictile Art in
the Museum are the vases from Athens, Melos, Corinth, and
other parts of Greece and the Archipelago (Cases 1-5, and
Table Case A) ; those from Kameiros and Ialysos in Rhodes
(Cases 0-16, and Cases B and P); the black and red ware
from Etruria.in the Room of Archaic Sculptures, and the two
vases from the Polledrara tomb near Vulci (Bronze Room, Cases
6, 7), which are noticed in the description of the Bronze Hoom.
Among the earliest of these specimens of Archaic art are the
vases in Cases 1-5, and Table Case A, chiefly from Alliens
and Melos, on which a variety of geometrical patterns are
painted in brown on an ash-coloured ground. The designs
on these vases consist of mamnders, stars, lozenges, waves,
chequers, and other ornaments, arranged in concentric bands,
apparently in imitation of woven fabrics. In this style
animal forms are very sparingly introduced, and are drawn
in the rudest manner. On vases Nos. 1 and 2 may be seen
primitive representations of goats and birds. On the cover
No. 3 in Table Case A, is a horse rudely modelled, and orna-
mented with patterns similar to those on the vases them-
selves. In the Second Egyptian Room (Cases 33-38) is a
small collection of vases from Cyprus, which in their fabric
and ornaments closely resemble the most archaic va^es from
Athens and Melos. Among them may be noticed an viuochoi
(No 3*), with the design of a chariot driven by n charioteer
and carrying a warrior in the act of drawing his bow. With
th'is design may be compared the figures of chariots on
Assyrian friezes.