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CATALOGUE GÉNÉRAL<br />

DES<br />

ANTIQUITÉS ÉGYPTIENNES<br />

DU MUSÉE DU CAIRE.<br />

GREEK VASES.<br />

26124. Mycenaean cup. — Height o m. 095 inill., diam. m. i4 cent. —<br />

Altou.-^ir (puits dos chiens) (pi. I).<br />

SiiAPE : Oni'-li;iii(llc(l cu|> \\itli ncck aiid sliori l'oot: luindle liai; hase sliglilly liollowed.<br />

CoLOUR :<br />

Ornamentation : Surrounded<br />

Yeliow surface; browii-blark lustrons painl; wliile accessories.<br />

by four spirals witli a white dot-rosette in centre of each<br />

and a line of white dots on ihe second of ihe tvvo Connecting lines between eacli pair.<br />

A curving Hne in each of ihe vacant spaces above and helow. Tliin while lines on<br />

thc hand round ihe lip of the vase and on the hands round ihe lower part. Horizon-<br />

tal hands on outside of handle. Band round inside of lip.<br />

Préservation : Paint worn off in places.<br />

BiBL. : Journal d'entrée du Musée, n° 291.S8; Archdologischer Anzeiger, 1899, p. Sy, fig. 1.<br />

26125. Mycenaean vase. — lloijjlit o ni. oy.'j mil!., diam. o m. 170 niill.tpl.l).<br />

SuAPE : See illustration; tliree uprighl handles.<br />

CoLOUR : Clay red with light yello«ish surface; luslrous hrown-hiack paint varying in<br />

places to red.<br />

Ornamentation : Wavy lines above and helow each handle, and three plants between<br />

each pair of handles. Two hands helow. Pattern on hase as sketched.<br />

Neck, handles and inside of lip painted.<br />

Préservation : One handle hrokcn off, and crack on one side.<br />

BiBL. : Alhenische Milleilungen , 1898, pi. Mil, .l.<br />

Calai, du Musée, n° aGiai.

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