Greek vases

58 CATALOGUE DU MUSÉE DU CAIRE.
26284. Small vase with ornamentation in relief. — Heiglit o m. oG cent.
(pi. XXII ).
Shape : See iliuslration; rude spout projecling from body (cf. n" 82880, pi. XXII);
handie lias been round; moulb closed up inside a litlle below rlm and four holes
pierced in the partition.
CoLouR : Red day with whilish slip on which are remains of yellow paint and gold
particles.
Ornamentatiois : Divided liorizonlally by broad plain band from whicb spout projects
and which passes through handie; sliglit fluting inside rim; narrow ridge round
neck; below, raised band wilh stippled surface (wreath?); below, egg and dart
moulding; round lower part of body a calyx of large broad-topped petals fiUed
with scale pattern; space between each at top filled by sharp-pointed leaf; back
of handie ribbed.
Technique : Moulded in two parts, as indicated by the horizontal band round body; upper
part of handie and spout made in one mould, lower part in the other.
Préservation : Large
crack on one side; end of handie broken off: worn and discoloured.
26285. Fragment of vase with ornamentation in relief. — Lengtli along rim
o m. o65 mill., heig-ht o m. o5 cent. — Bought, February 1889
(pi. XXII).
Shape : Upright neck with projecting rim , and spreading shoulder.
GoLOUR : Light grey clay with traces of yellow on outside.
Ornamentation : On
neck a frieze of small figures of Harpokrates standing to front,
naked, with right band loucbing mouth and holding in left band a globular object
at the end of a straight stem; bands of plain moulding at top and foot of neck;
below on shoulder, pattern like an Aeolic hymation.
Technique : Made
in mould; side of one Harpokrates rubbed flat in the making and
head of another much eut about.
Alabastron with ornamentation in relief. — Height m. i/i5 mill.
(pi. XXIII).
Shape :
See pi. XXIII; round vertical suspension-handie below neck.
GoLouR : Brown clay (surface light grey in places); on the outside a coat of glaze
varying between rich brown and red; wherc the surface of the glaze bas worn ofT,
the ground is very red.