Greek vases
Greek vases
Greek vases
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76 CATALOGUE DU MUSÉE DU CAIRE.<br />
rim, lowcr end al foot of neck (very riidely); Lody iluted Lorizoïilally from below<br />
neck downwards, the flulings bccoming more and more faint.<br />
CoLOUR :<br />
Pbeservation : Moulh<br />
Light l'ed clay with liglit yellowish slip.<br />
gliied on: slight crack on one side; discoloured.<br />
26332. Large amphora. — Height o m. gS cent., breadth o m. 3 i cent.<br />
SiiAi'E : Carrot-sliaped body wilh bulgo below sboulder and with a tip at tlie end like<br />
n" 9633 i; long narrow neck with thin, sloping rim; sniall vertical handles, nearly<br />
semi-circular, attached below rim; neck iluted horizontally; horizontal mouldings<br />
like overlapping swathes round the bulge below sboulder.<br />
CoLOUR : Dark red clay.<br />
Préservation : Rim<br />
cbipped; surface discoloured.<br />
26333. Large amphora. — Height o m. g^i cent., breadth o m. 39 cent.<br />
Shape : Like n" 26332; sides taper downwards to a point: neck and bulge below<br />
sboulder Iluted horizontally.<br />
CoLOUR :<br />
Red clay with yellowish white slip.<br />
Préservation : Discoloured.<br />
26334. Large amphora. — Height m. 98 cent., breadth m. î2 35 mill. —<br />
Serapenm, October 1869.<br />
Shape : Same as n° 2 6333 with longer neck and narrower sboulder.<br />
Colour :<br />
Red clay.<br />
Préservation : Inside coated with pitch; patches of same on neck; black spots<br />
lower down.<br />
BiBL. : Journal d'enirèe du Musée, n" aooiî/i.<br />
26335. Large amphora. — Height 1 m. f?6 cent., breadth (without handles)<br />
m. 9 i5 mill.<br />
SuAPE : Very long narrow vessel; sides curve sharply inwards to form a tip; no distinction<br />
between neck and body except that ihere is a slight bulge about half-way down; the<br />
part above this bulge is fluted horizontally; mouth- pièce concave on top; small<br />
vertical handles.<br />
GoLouR :<br />
Light red clay with yellowish white slip, baked red in places.<br />
Préservation : Tip broken off; two small holes below one of the handles.