. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . Jasper Do., Central Crete, {^c.) Partly in the Middle Bay of the first Section of the Royal Magazines, and Store ofpartly in a small niche or loculus near the entrance of its adjoining Corridor,^and on a level with its pavement, there came to light a series of vessels of ^°®quite a unique character, of which typical specimens are shown in Fig. 412.*These vessels were often of plain clay, at times smoke-stained, butin many cases there was evidenc
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . Jasper Do., Central Crete, {^c.) Partly in the Middle Bay of the first Section of the Royal Magazines, and Store ofpartly in a small niche or loculus near the entrance of its adjoining Corridor,^and on a level with its pavement, there came to light a series of vessels of ^°®quite a unique character, of which typical specimens are shown in Fig. 412.*These vessels were often of plain clay, at times smoke-stained, butin many cases there was evidence that their surface had been covered with thepurplish brown glaze medium usual at this time. Great elaboration isobservable in some of their forms (Fig. 412). The small high-necked jugs and the cups, some of them handled, some See p. 308, 227, a. glyphic signature of Class B, has been given ^ An example of an &2Ci\\ cachet of a potter above, p. 242, Fig. 182, made fine vessels of metallic type, on See Plan, Fig. 236, p. 323, above, a goblet from Palaikastro, presenting a hiero- * Convgaxe Knossos, Report, 1901, pp. 85, Fig. 412. Knobbed and Other Vessels from Magazine and Corridor of the Bays: Royal Magazine. {^r\ M. M. Ill: THE PALACE POTTERY STORES 567 of the common handle-less class/ plainly connect themselves with drinkables,while the three-legged pipkins with perforated covers would stand in a culinaryconnexion. The small ewers with the raised rings or collars where the neckjoins the body, and the teat-like knobs that decorate their walls and handles betray the influence of metallic models.^ Theknobs are evidently a decorative imitation of rivetheads, while in metal vases of kindred forms thejoint of the separate plates that compose the neckand body is often masked by a raised ring. Ona faience libation vessel of the last Palace Periodboth the neck-ring and the studs round the shoulders—in that case, however, more slightly bossed—aresimilarly tak
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