. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . Fig. 84. Vase in Shape of Female Figure; Mochlos (Seager) (f).. Fig. 85, Vase in Shape of Young Bird, Kumasa (Xanthudides) (^ c-)- EARLY MINOAN III IT7 signetdesigns ;animalforms. Kumasa may also be referred to this Period. It is of comic appearance,and strikes quite a new note in Minoan art. A striking comparison issupplied by a grotesque four-footed bird-vase with open beak, of local Neo-lithic fabric, from Kodjadermen in Bulgaria. It als
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . Fig. 84. Vase in Shape of Female Figure; Mochlos (Seager) (f).. Fig. 85, Vase in Shape of Young Bird, Kumasa (Xanthudides) (^ c-)- EARLY MINOAN III IT7 signetdesigns ;animalforms. Kumasa may also be referred to this Period. It is of comic appearance,and strikes quite a new note in Minoan art. A striking comparison issupplied by a grotesque four-footed bird-vase with open beak, of local Neo-lithic fabric, from Kodjadermen in Bulgaria. It also recalls certainTrojan skin types. Further progress on the path of natural representations is noticeable in Naturalsome of the signets of this Period, which are still of soft materials suchas ivory and steatite. Prominent among these are the seals, mostly of ivory,though at times of steatite, in the shape of birds or animals, or the heads of such, carved in theround, with transverseor slanting perforationsand flat bases showingengraved designs. Thistype no doubt goes backinto the I Period,^but the fine examplesof these recently foundby Dr. Xanthudides inthe tholos tombs ofMessara seem to havebeen mai
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