Greek vases

36 CATALOGUE DU MUSEE DU CAIRE.
Technique : Incised markings on goats; white applied directlv upon ground-colour
except on rosettes.
Préservation : Full and sealed with plaster : impression of cloth on ihe plaster and
pièces of cloth still adhering to neck (a cloth having been laid over sealing and tied
round neck); long crack on shoulder and body; a good deal of incrustation; paint
much effaced in places.
BiBL. : Journal (Ventrée du Musée, n" 28-2.3.5; Arch. Anzeigcr, 1902, p. i58, n° 5.
26227. Cinerary hydria. — Height o m. 890 mi 11. (pi. XIV).
Shape : Handle has slight groove down back and cross-piece for thumb al top.
CoLOUR : Light reddish clay with smooth yellowish surface; brown-black glaze.
Ornamentation : Wreath of usual type round neck. Dots round foot of neck. On shoulder
two dolphins confronted. On body, pattern in front consisting of a row of palmeltes
surmounted by a cross-hatched band and a line of triangles along ihe top (see
/^^u\ sketch); bordered by vertical cross-hatched bands. Behind, pendant
/mwINS sprays below handle (see sketch); below sprays a long wavy branch with
leaves arranged as on «reath round neck but without Connecting twigs; similar
branches above the horizontal handles (one wavy and one straight); pattern behind
bordered by cross-hatched vertical bands. Below, between bands, row of leaves
goingright round. Usual horizontal bands on body, foot, and rini; dots round edge
of rim; short bars on handles.
Préservation : One
of horizontal handles sluck on; end of the cross-piece on vertical
handle chipped off; good deal of incrustation: paint gone in places.
Cinerary hydria. — Ileight m. 4io mill. (pi. XV).
Shape : Hat ridged handle Avilh cross-piece at top.
CoLouR : Light red clay with smooth slip-surface of light yellow, almost white
places; glaze varying from black to yellow.