Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . Scale \. British Mu-seum. Fig. 31.—Cyprus; My-cenaean ()kalyx with octopus design; from Curium, a Small amphora (Fig. 32), of ten witha design of concentric circles-whichforeshadows later Cyprian designs, though conventional, are still good, andthe colour of the glaze-paint fine. We have not yetreached the period of it began Mycenaean artrested in a state of immobilityfor some two centuries. Dur-ing this period, though potteryaltered, in Crete at least themodels supplied by the gr
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . Scale \. British Mu-seum. Fig. 31.—Cyprus; My-cenaean ()kalyx with octopus design; from Curium, a Small amphora (Fig. 32), of ten witha design of concentric circles-whichforeshadows later Cyprian designs, though conventional, are still good, andthe colour of the glaze-paint fine. We have not yetreached the period of it began Mycenaean artrested in a state of immobilityfor some two centuries. Dur-ing this period, though potteryaltered, in Crete at least themodels supplied by the greatperiod of Knossian art were stillfollowed. This we see from thegraves at Zafer Papoura, dis-covered by Sir Arthur Evans,^which have yielded most in-teresting remains of the four-teenth century Though nossos was destroyed and. Fig. 32. — Mycenaean ( with embossing de- K abandoned except for a short sign and circles. Cyprus. 6ca/e J. period of partial re-occupation, the local princes couldstill possess good objects of art, and could be buried withthem with a certain amount of funerary state. The, Prehistoric Tombs oj Knossos, p. iff. POTTERY 105 pottery shews its connexion with that of , thusdiffering from Mycenaean ware found elsewhere, andfine bronze vases and inlaid swords (one with a natural-istic engraving of wild goats and lions; Fig. 105) areclosely reminiscent of the older and finer objects of thesame class. We do not find in the Zaf er Papoura potterythe decadent forms of naturalistic objects which we
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