Greek vases

Il) lliose on n" 2627'! : and again. ihe vase lidcl by tlie Isiac lîjjure on n" 32383
is of ihe same forin as tlio black vase n° ^G3i 1'''. ïhere is also a markeil re-
seniblance belween ibe conventionalisod rosettes of n"" 963o4 and :>63o()
and those on ihe silver bowls IVoin Mondes (Hissinc. Udal^'^efasse , n"* SâSi.
3583).
We hâve also a (ew inuulded vases of plain caillienware. wliich were
probably painted like terracottas, see n'" 26298, 26390, 32392, 26296. The
two h)st-nienlioned ([)!. XXVI) are decorated in the same way wilh festooned
wreaths and fillels and are evidently akin. N" 32392 is of the same form as the
llellenistic amphora in the yellow ware, n" 2627/1; the tvvin-vases of which
n" 26296 is composed are alabastrons like those on pi. XXIII: while the caly.x
round the base of n° 26296 consisls of the round -tipped pelais which are
specially characteristic of the black ware, e. g. n°' 263 10, 263 1 2. This example
may indicate how closely connected are ail the above-mentioned groups.
According to many indications, of which a few hâve been mentioned, tho
manufacture of thèse moulded vases originated in the Ptolemaic period. But i
hâve not attempted the task of classifying theni chronologically. Not only vases
but also lamps and terracottas were raade in thèse wares, and ail ought to be
studied together. At présent there is too much material still unpublished.
Of the remaining vases I may call attention to certain pièces wilh designs in
yellow and while in the ttEgnatian» style, n°' 26221-26223 (perhaps a récent
importation from Taranto), and also to the slip-decorated ware, n"' 9632 2-
26326, which according to the Journal d'entrée comes from Upper Egypl. Lastly
there is a remarkable bowl, n" 263^7, covered wilh polychrome designs in
encauslic. The Muséum bas no olher spécimen of pottery painted in this way,
and probably the technique was very rare. The vase bas indeed iess resem-
blance to painted earthenware of the ordinary kinds ihan to painted glass, of
which many fragments are found in this country on Roman and Byzantine sites.
C. C. E.
''' A complète exampie is iiuijlislicd ))\ \\ mus. op. rit., fijj. l'xj. Tlie form recurs ia ollier
Helienistic fal)iics, see for example Irrh. Anzeiger, igo;», p. i.')7, liy. 7.