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138 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CRETE
with details in red.1 Polychromy, however, is tending to die
out in the smaller vases. This is shown particularly well in the
group found with the shrine described above where the small
jugs and cups have designs such as those shown in Fig. 23,
4 and 5, while a large bridge-spouted jar has the design 2
between a row of white disks with red centres. This spiky
7 9 10
Fig. 23.—Patterns on Middle Minoan 116 Pottery
foliate band is typical of M.M.11&, and with it goes the sharper
pointing of the petals in the rosettes (Fig. 23, 10). Large spirals
are common (Fig. 23, 9) and the stiff crescents of PI. XXII,
3, c, and Fig. 23, 3, appear for the first time. Decoration
tends to run in bands round the vase instead of being spread
over it. But though the large loose spirals are apt to look
1 P. of M:, Fig. 190. The palm still grows wild at Vagi on the
East coast, North of Palaikastro.
with details in red.1 Polychromy, however, is tending to die
out in the smaller vases. This is shown particularly well in the
group found with the shrine described above where the small
jugs and cups have designs such as those shown in Fig. 23,
4 and 5, while a large bridge-spouted jar has the design 2
between a row of white disks with red centres. This spiky
7 9 10
Fig. 23.—Patterns on Middle Minoan 116 Pottery
foliate band is typical of M.M.11&, and with it goes the sharper
pointing of the petals in the rosettes (Fig. 23, 10). Large spirals
are common (Fig. 23, 9) and the stiff crescents of PI. XXII,
3, c, and Fig. 23, 3, appear for the first time. Decoration
tends to run in bands round the vase instead of being spread
over it. But though the large loose spirals are apt to look
1 P. of M:, Fig. 190. The palm still grows wild at Vagi on the
East coast, North of Palaikastro.