Greek vases

C.REEK VASES. 59
OiiNAMENTATioN : \\ iviilli suspciuleJ froiii liandli- round Iront of ixxly. On il stands
Ilarpokrales nakcd, lo front, wilh ri{jlil leg al ease; liijjli lieaddress (pshenl?);
rijjlil hand to moiitli and left arni by side. Beliind are Iwo lillet-ends lianging from
handle, and bclween theni, but lower down, is the crown of Isis (cow's horns,
disk and plumes). l\ound base a calyx of leavcs wilh line of impressed dots down
niiddle and group of impressed dots belween tips of eacb pair. Plain bands (made
of two impressed lines) below rim, abovc and below bandie, and below ibe main
représentation on body.
Tecumqie :
Mouldi'd in two Iialves, the suture runniiig down eacb side and interrupting
the ornamentation.
PiiESEnvATiON : Surface of giaze deslroyed by sait; sb'glit crack across body; sbgblly
cbipped.
26287. Alabastron with ornamentation in relief. — Ileiglit o m. i^ cent.
(pi. XXIII).
SiiAPE, coi.oLn ANu TECHNIQUE : Likc d" 26286; surfacc very rcd.
On>AMENTATiON : Bclow haudle band of egg and dart pattcrn (impressed); round body
a festooned wreath willi tliree masks at corners (one comic, the two olhers indistinct);
above each mask a rosette and above each festoon a hucranium; leaves round base as
on n" 2 62 86 and plain bands round body.
Préservation : Rim
sait.
slightly cbipped; black marks hère and there; glaze destroyed by
26288. Alabastron with ornamentation in relief. — IleiglU o m. 13 cent.
SiiAPE : Like n" 2G286, but with bandie on neck.
CoLoun : Surface Ijrown wbere glaze is best preserved, elscwbere very red.
OnNAjiEMATioN : Below
handle band of egg and darl pattern (impressed); below, band
wilh serralcd edges; below, a wreath in four fesloons lied wilb bows with streaming
ends; below round base, pattern as on n" 26286; plain bands round neck at top
and bottom and round the body below central design.
Technique : Made
line of junclion.
in two halves like n" 26286, but in ibis case ihe handle is on the
Préservation : lliin sligbtlv chipped; surface much injured by sali.
26289. Alabastron with ornamentation in relief. — Ileight o m. ii5 mlll,
(pi. XXIII).
S11APE : Like the preceding, but slimmer.