Greek vases

GREEK VASES. 79
SiiAPE A.VD onNAMENTATioN : Tlic fiafjiiicnl ciuls ubovc in a lion's head willi open jaws,
beard of shorl curly liair uiider llie lliroat, and row of sluds (liair?) across back of
neck. The neck ends in a rinjj of leavcs spreading downwurds and outwards, broad
and narrow alternalely, Uie broad oncs having a poinlcd, curling lip (ibc narrow
ones are ail broken o(T short). The above portion of the vase bas becn moulded
bollow in two parts, the suture running lengthwisc down ihe muzzle of ihe lion. A
ihick rod (broken off short) is sluck into ihc inlerior from below. Good style.
Préservation : Ends of mosl of leaves and back of lion's head broken oil'; discoloured
and worn.
BinL. : Journal d'entrée du Musée, 11° iîôfjgS.
26342. Archaic vase in the form of a human figure. — Hoight o ni. o85 mill.
CoLouR : Sinoolh bro^ n surface with traces of red painl.
Shape and ornajiemation : A
naked maie figure is represented squatting upon a low flal
base (sbaped according (0 the oulline of bis bips and feet); bis elbows rest on his
knees and liis closed iiands are prossed to his body below the breasts, the thumbs
being pointed upwards; he has a fat paunch covered with arch-shaped wrinkles.
The head is beardless, with a thick roU of hair round the forehead and a wide
spreading mane, divided by horizontal Hues, falling over the shoulders; large
cars; almond-shaped eyes. From the top of ihe head rose the neck of the vase.
Technique : Made in nioulds in two parts, the line of junclion running down each
side.
Préservation : i\eck broken off; paint worn off and surface discoloured.
26343. Fragment with design in relief. — Heiglit o m. û'iB niill., breadth
m. o5 ceiil. — Saqqarah (pL XXVII).
Shai'e : Apparenllv from a straigbl-sided vessel widening oui a litlle below; traces of
vertical slits, one on each side of the Sphinx.
Coi.ouR : Fine pink clay with smoolh surface oulside.
Ornamentation : Sphinx seated lo Icft, with riglit forepaw raised against a small coiumn
with base and with leaves round top; crown on head wilh doltod border below;
short Egyptian coiffure; neckiace; wing raised, with slight curve forward; taii
curled over back.
Technique : Helief made separately in a mould and atlaciied to the vase(?); marks
of knife.