. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. XIX. 8, and a vertical handle behind. 7. Vases with a slight neck and flat rim { XX. IS, IG), probably tobe restored with spout and handle. 8. Pithoi. Enough remains of the vessel of which XXI. 15 is afragment to show that its general shape was that of the earh geometric typewith low belly and suspension handles { VII, 1). As regards the decoration of this group the most obvious feature is theconstant occurrence of large red discs, whether used as a mere ornament oras a representation of fruits and of birds bodies. That the artist of thisperiod was
. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos,. XIX. 8, and a vertical handle behind. 7. Vases with a slight neck and flat rim { XX. IS, IG), probably tobe restored with spout and handle. 8. Pithoi. Enough remains of the vessel of which XXI. 15 is afragment to show that its general shape was that of the earh geometric typewith low belly and suspension handles { VII, 1). As regards the decoration of this group the most obvious feature is theconstant occurrence of large red discs, whether used as a mere ornament oras a representation of fruits and of birds bodies. That the artist of thisperiod was able to draw birds with perfect freedom is shown by suchexamples as XVI. 4 and 20, but the intrusion of decorative elements intonaturalistic designs is thoroughly characteristic of Mycenaean is this round-bodied type of bird peculiar to Melos, It appears to havebeen a widespread convention. We find it on the shaft-grave vases (F, andL., Mylc. Thongc/((sse,P\. X. 45) and on other pottery of the Mycenaean period The. ¥[(.. 91.—Vase with DeskjnIX BLAfK AND Red (1 : 4). Handle, spout, ami part of l)0(ly restored ;whitish slip, baked red in places ; Ijody ofliird and stem of tree HUed-in in slightly lus-trous reddi>li-l>r()\\ II ; similar l>ird on the op- posite side and similai- tree below spout. (Theline round rim i-^ not lontimions luU inter-rupted, — ^ — }. 120 C. C. EDGAR (F. and L., J//y/.. Vasen, XVII. 116). The long-necked globular bird repre-sented on XXI. 13-14 is a stock subject in the late Mycenaean style ( 18). With the exception of Fig. 92 the birds on the present group of potteryare all of the same round-bodied type. Within the limits of this conventionalscheme, however, certain differences are observable. Thus the heads of , 11, and 6 have been suggested, whether directly or, as is more likely, atsecond hand, by several different species of birds. XXI. 5 has a long curvingbeak ; the head of XXI. 11 that of
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