. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ..^ A^ Fig. 391. Fresco Design of Cat stalking ;Pheasant. Hagia Triada {^ c.). nating red and white leaves seen on a fragment of a M. M. II polychromevase. In the present case the seasonal variations in the tints of the leavesare indicated by dark ruddy brown and ivory white.^ From a basement W. of the Stepped = A coloured illustration of this will be given Portico on the Central Court. in my Knossian Atlas, i, PI. D. 2. See above, p. 263.

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. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ..^ A^ Fig. 391. Fresco Design of Cat stalking ;Pheasant. Hagia Triada {^ c.). nating red and white leaves seen on a fragment of a M. M. II polychromevase. In the present case the seasonal variations in the tints of the leavesare indicated by dark ruddy brown and ivory white.^ From a basement W. of the Stepped = A coloured illustration of this will be given Portico on the Central Court. in my Knossian Atlas, i, PI. D. 2. See above, p. 263. Ill: MINOAN FRESCO: WALL PAINTINGS, ETC. 539 Even more exquisite in its natural inspiration is a small piece (Fig. 390) ^from the House, showing spikelets of reeds or grasses, round one ofwhich is coiled the tail of what appears to be a small harvest mouse. This fragmentary design, sketched by a master hand, may at least give Master-some idea of the free spirit that pervaded the panel to which it belonged. !^^t„^°[.Were it the only record of such work belonging to this Age at Knossos, we >stic be entitled to believe that a

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