Greek vases

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CATALOGUE DU MUSEE DU CAIRE.
26133. Mycenaean pseudamphora.—Heiglit o in. 09 c, breadth m. o85 mill.
(pl. 1).
SiiAPE : Glolnilar body; short, (lat foot.
CoLoun : Reddish clay witli wliile slip: red painl willi very l'ainl lustre.
Ornamemation : Broad bands round body; spiral on top of false neck, ending in a
smaii knob; blol of paint on shoulder.
PnESEnvATio» :
Slighlly cliipped and corroded; marks of burning on bandle and spout.
26134. Géométrie vase with lid. — Heiglit of howl o m. 09 cent., and of lid
m. 07 cent., breadtli (without liandles) o m. i85 mill., breadtli of
lid o m. 18 cent. (pi. 1).
Shape : See pi. I. The ends of liandles curve oulwards. Tlie base is liât.
CoLOUR : Pale reddish clay. Brown-black painl, varying to red.
Ornamentation : Lid. — Star on top of knob, dots round rini and rings round neck.
Belovv, plain bands. Belovv, a zone of chess-board paltern. Below, a zone of
cross-hatched triangles with smali hatched triangles in the empty spaces above.
Lines between the varions zones. Bowl. — Round upper part a frieze of various
patterns, see pi. I : they are the same on the opposite side except that the triangles
in the corners of the diamond patlern point outvvards instead of inwards. Below, a
row of triangles as on lid. Below, a row of circles connected by tangents. Lines
between the various patterns and round base. Handles ornamented with stars and
vertical lines. Inside of bowl (not of lid) painted over, with exception of one narrow
strip.
Préservation : Lid put together out of five pièces; mended breaks on one side of bowl;
smali pièce reslored in plaster.
26135. «Milesian» amphora.— Heiglit m. 365 mill., breadtli o m. 36 e. —
Saqcjarali, OctoberiSG^ (pl. I).
Shape : See pl. I; handles two-ribbed; shori hollow foot.
CoLOUR : Smooth white coat; reddened paint, with darker tinge hère and there.
Ornamentation : On
each side of neck a browsing ibex to left. On one side of shoulder,
two bulls confronted, the one on the left with lowered head. On the other side, two
sheep with long horns advancing towards each other; the lleece under their beilies
is rendered by a zigzag iine; between ihem stands a smali Iree with wavy bran-
ches. Below, a band containing a séries of various patterns. Below in the next