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IN AEGIIM 389
Noteworthy, also, is a deep two-earej phiale, adorned with dull-black
designs, which resembles those found at Kapandriti, and presents an
Maud type ; also the upper portion of a prockous with a beak-shaped
mouth, like types often found in Tiiera and other Aegaean islands; and,
lastly, fragments of a large vase whose surface is covered with alternate
bands of black and white, and adorned with linear and spiral designs and
fine checker-work. The colors used in the designs are dull black, red
and white, all put on as a varnish. Occurring together as they do, the
glazed and unglazed vases seem to have been in contemporaneous use
among the Aeginetans. Possibly the former were imported from Argo-
lis or Attica, while it is likely that the older variety was of local fabric ;
still we cannot overlook the correspondences with the pottery of Attica
(Acropolis and Kapandriti) as well as that of the Cyclades.
In connection with the regular excavations in this island we have to
mention the mysterious " Mykenaean Treasure from Aegina" recently
Fig. 164. Gold Ctro
acquired by the British Museum and published by Mr. Arthur J. Evans.1
As the exportation of antiquities is prohibited by the Greek law. we are
naturally in the dark respecting the history of this important find; and,
in the absence of information on that head, we are at serious disadvan-
tage in studying the treasure itself. We are not even told whether it is
the plunder of tombs, like that from the Royal Graves of Mycenae, or a
hoard like the Great Treasure of Troy. Nor has the finder brought to
1 See Journal of Hellenic Studies, xiii. 196-220, from which, by the kindness of Mr.
Evans and the Council of the Hellenic Society, we are permitted to reproduce several
ill nst rations.
Noteworthy, also, is a deep two-earej phiale, adorned with dull-black
designs, which resembles those found at Kapandriti, and presents an
Maud type ; also the upper portion of a prockous with a beak-shaped
mouth, like types often found in Tiiera and other Aegaean islands; and,
lastly, fragments of a large vase whose surface is covered with alternate
bands of black and white, and adorned with linear and spiral designs and
fine checker-work. The colors used in the designs are dull black, red
and white, all put on as a varnish. Occurring together as they do, the
glazed and unglazed vases seem to have been in contemporaneous use
among the Aeginetans. Possibly the former were imported from Argo-
lis or Attica, while it is likely that the older variety was of local fabric ;
still we cannot overlook the correspondences with the pottery of Attica
(Acropolis and Kapandriti) as well as that of the Cyclades.
In connection with the regular excavations in this island we have to
mention the mysterious " Mykenaean Treasure from Aegina" recently
Fig. 164. Gold Ctro
acquired by the British Museum and published by Mr. Arthur J. Evans.1
As the exportation of antiquities is prohibited by the Greek law. we are
naturally in the dark respecting the history of this important find; and,
in the absence of information on that head, we are at serious disadvan-
tage in studying the treasure itself. We are not even told whether it is
the plunder of tombs, like that from the Royal Graves of Mycenae, or a
hoard like the Great Treasure of Troy. Nor has the finder brought to
1 See Journal of Hellenic Studies, xiii. 196-220, from which, by the kindness of Mr.
Evans and the Council of the Hellenic Society, we are permitted to reproduce several
ill nst rations.