. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . these remains issupplied by the circumstance that these Pottery Stores were cut into by theMagazines containing the knobbed pithoi, which seem themselves to ctrnfVimniyf* MMt-1i l-Vip f^orlipc fai/^ C\i ;p-g-she]l Egg-shell°^ . Ware. ,he early5ut these que, and?epouss6 Lily Cup. e of the The1 • Watei- ; designin keep-ve beenate, and: design,red, the M. M. II : ROYAL POTTERY STORES (CERAMIC PHASE a) 241 remains of pedestalled goblets. This deposi
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . these remains issupplied by the circumstance that these Pottery Stores were cut into by theMagazines containing the knobbed pithoi, which seem themselves to ctrnfVimniyf* MMt-1i l-Vip f^orlipc fai/^ C\i ;p-g-she]l Egg-shell°^ . Ware. ,he early5ut these que, and?epouss6 Lily Cup. e of the The1 • Watei- ; designin keep-ve beenate, and: design,red, the M. M. II : ROYAL POTTERY STORES (CERAMIC PHASE a) 241 remains of pedestalled goblets. This deposit rested on a stamped clay concordant elements for the comparative place of these remains issupplied by the circumstance that these Pottery Stores were cut into by theMagazines containing the knobbed pithoi, which seem themselves tosynchronize with the earliest constructions of the Domestic Quarter. It has been already shown ^ that marvellously thin cups of egg-shell Egg-shellware in the old traditional mottled style were already turned out in the earlypart of the preceding Period,and even by the close of E. M. III. But these. Fig. 181. Polychrome Cup of Egg-shell Ware, Knossos. (f) products of the M. M. II potters art applied to the new glaze technique, andoften combined with the most brilliant polychromy and delicate repouss6work, stand on a much higher plane. Among the cups from the Royal Pottery Stores Fig. 181 is one of themost beautiful. It is light and spontaneous as a bubble, and the designbelow—-the calix of a water-lily as it floats on the surface of a pool—is in keep-ing with the lightsomeness of form. This floral motive may well have beensuggested by a lotus vase of Egypt, but the treatment is more delicate, andthe subdued delicacy of the embossed relief enhances the effect of the outer leaves of the calix are here black with a central vein of red. the TheWater-Lily Cup. See above, p. 242 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. Egg-shell Ware
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