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GliKEK VASKS. 57<br />

Techmqle : Moulded in Iwo paris, liki.' n° tir)oHi ; impressions of clolh licrcand iherc on<br />

each side of line of suture.<br />

Préservation : l'iece of neck reslored; surfiice discoloured.<br />

l?iBi.. : Journal d'ciilrée du Musée, n" .'iigi'i.<br />

26282. Small vase with ornamentation in relief. — llei{>lit o m. 07 cent.<br />

(pi. XXll ).<br />

SiivpE : Like n" aliaSi, hul hody sliorler and foot Uni iiiulerniiiilli.<br />

CoLOUR :<br />

Liglit-coloured cliiv with romains of yellow coat; particlcs of {jold on surface.<br />

Ornamentation : Divided verlically by Iwo plain bands; designs identical on the two<br />

sides. Indistinct paltern on neck, impressed; below, on shoulder, egg moulding;<br />

below, sbarp-pointed longue pallern. Below, a frieze of figures : on ihe left a man<br />

and woman, witb diapery over the upper pari of their bodies, stand logether in an<br />

obscène pose, ihe woman raising one hand to ber bead and holding up a vase in<br />

the other; below, to right, a small animal on the ground; ncxl figure lo righl is a<br />

man in a girdlcd lunicwilli Iwo vcssels slung over bis shoulder on a pôle (cf. n° 26279);<br />

next lo right a figure in long drapery, to fronl, wilh righl band raised to mouth(?)<br />

and indistinct object in left arm (Ilarpokrates?).<br />

Technique : Made in Uvo parts, like n" alîaSi.<br />

Préservation : (irackcd, worn and discoloured.<br />

26283. Small vase with ornamentation in relief. — Ileight m. 08 cent.<br />

(pi. XXII).<br />

SiiAPE : See illustration; oval body; slightly spreading mouth.<br />

CoLOUR : Red grilly clay with «bile slip on which are traces of yellow painl; particles<br />

of gold on surface (or mica?).<br />

Ornabientation : Divided verlically by Iwo plain bands; designs identical on the two<br />

sides. Indistinct string of amulels round neck (Bes, myslic eye and round object?).<br />

Egg and darl moulding on shoulder (or lotus llowers and buds). Below, a double<br />

band. Below, sanie frieze of figures as on n° 26282. Below, pelais spreading from<br />

base, wilh broad lops and line down middle.<br />

Technique : Made in Uvo halves like the preceding; moulding very indistinct.<br />

Préservation : Rim chipped; crack on each side; worn and discoloured.<br />

BiBL. : A similar vase in llic Mac Grefjor collection is piiiiiislied in Wallis, Effi/pliaii Ceramic Art,<br />

p. 72, fig. iO-2.<br />

Calai, du Musée, n" 26126. 8

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