Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . Fig. 5.—Crete; i, silvercup. 2 and 3, polychrome ware STONE AND METAL 55 the older pots of veined stone. This they did not somuch in their shape but in their colour. The varie-gated hues of the stone vases were imitated, and poly-chromy first appeared in the Aegean ceramic. This isthe predominant characteristic of the Middle Minoanpotters art. In we see it first appear. At firstthe shapes of vases and their decoration are much likethose of the preceding period. But soon we see thatthe designs, always
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . Fig. 5.—Crete; i, silvercup. 2 and 3, polychrome ware STONE AND METAL 55 the older pots of veined stone. This they did not somuch in their shape but in their colour. The varie-gated hues of the stone vases were imitated, and poly-chromy first appeared in the Aegean ceramic. This isthe predominant characteristic of the Middle Minoanpotters art. In we see it first appear. At firstthe shapes of vases and their decoration are much likethose of the preceding period. But soon we see thatthe designs, always in the light-on-dark technique,are more orderly, less haphazard, and less childish ; andthen the use of an accessory colour—^red, crimson, ororange—to enhance the white design, first imitation of variegated stone is evident. To the first period of the succeeding Late MinoanAge belong our finest examples of Cretan toreutic these were not found in Crete. At the end of theMiddle Minoan period the Cretan culture, which hadbecome the finest flower of t
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