Greek vases

72 CATALOGUE DU MUSKE DU CAIRE.
Préservation : Surface a liltle rhippefl; red ;jlaze worn.
RiBi.. : Journal d'enlrée du Musée, n° aS.jSù.
26320. Vase in form of a bird. — Heiglit o m. 07 cent. (pi. XXV).
CoLOLR : Reddish bro\Mi clay willi traces of white coat.
Shape and ornamemation : A bird is represenled pcrclied upon a round pedestal; round
ils neck hangs a thick wreath uilh punclualed surface. From the back of ils wings
rises ibe neck of tbe vase wiUi siigbtly grooved rim; flat vertical bandle behind with
a small suspension-bole.
Technique : Moulded
in two parts, the suture running lengthwise.
Préservation : Cbipped and injured bv sait.
26321. Base of bowl with ornamentation in relief. — Dianiotor m. 1 o5 miH.
— Bought(pl.XXVlI).
Shape : Base tpiile flat with \o\\ ring-foot and concenlric circles in low relief on
underside.
CoLOUR :
Brown day with red or bro« n glaze.
Ornamentation : A fisberman is represented sitting to left upon a jutting ledge of rock;
bis rigbt knee is raised, bis left leg is flat on tbe ground and drawn back under
bim; with bis left band he grasps tbe rock, while bis right hand bolds a short rod
with a curving line at ibe end. He wears a close -fitting cap with thick rim,
under which appears a thick mass of bair. His only garment is a loin-clotb knotted
in front. A small basket stands beside bim on the rock, the plaiting being repre-
sented by cross-batched lines. Below, to rigbt, a big fisb is biting af the book.
Tbe scène is surrounded by a circular border of studs and an impressed circle.
Technique : Eacb side bas been moulded (cf. n" 26297). Five small oblique boles on the
interior surface (one being in the moulh of tbe fisb), pierced before tbe vase was
finisbed.
Préservation : Surface worn.
BiBi.. : Jounial d'entrée du Musée, n" aOiyo.
26322. Vase with slip reliefs. — Heigbt m. i35 raill., breailth m. i/i cent.
— Thebes, présentée! by Mr. Davidson (pi. XXVI).
Shape : See pi. XXVI; small foot; sligbt flutings down back of handles and round
tbe sboulder.