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16 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART
during the XVIIIth dynasty, when foreign
fashions prevailed, though it is but rare
then. Hence we may fairly set aside
this use of spots as a foreign or Asiatic
element, akin to the filling in of spaces on
early Greek vases with rosettes and other
small ornaments.
The zigzag line only became changed into
a rounded wavy line in the later time of
the XVIIIth dynasty. ^_/-\__x\_/>w^\_/
This probably results 9--xvi.ii., p. i. *vn.-7.
from the earlier patterns being all direct
copies of textiles which maintained recti-
linear patterns ; but when the same came
to be used on pottery (as above), or on
metal work (shield border, L.D. iii. 64),
then curves were readily
introduced. On a golden
bowl repeated waves are I0-~xY.a;'' Vase'
1 K.C. lvii.
shown, deepened so as to receive further
figures.
during the XVIIIth dynasty, when foreign
fashions prevailed, though it is but rare
then. Hence we may fairly set aside
this use of spots as a foreign or Asiatic
element, akin to the filling in of spaces on
early Greek vases with rosettes and other
small ornaments.
The zigzag line only became changed into
a rounded wavy line in the later time of
the XVIIIth dynasty. ^_/-\__x\_/>w^\_/
This probably results 9--xvi.ii., p. i. *vn.-7.
from the earlier patterns being all direct
copies of textiles which maintained recti-
linear patterns ; but when the same came
to be used on pottery (as above), or on
metal work (shield border, L.D. iii. 64),
then curves were readily
introduced. On a golden
bowl repeated waves are I0-~xY.a;'' Vase'
1 K.C. lvii.
shown, deepened so as to receive further
figures.