Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . gold were found at Enk6mi as at Mycenae, and we havemore specimens of cunningly-wrought hairpin-heads,scarab-mounts, beads, and so forth, than at of the actual nuggets that the goldsmiths used wasfound. Also Enk6mi is notable for the fine examplesof imported Egyptian jewellery that were found, in theshape of necklaces of golden lilies with blue paste inlay,that are probably of XVIIIth Dynasty date. The golden vases in repousse work were often imitatedin soft stone. A great bulls head rhyton in black steat
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . gold were found at Enk6mi as at Mycenae, and we havemore specimens of cunningly-wrought hairpin-heads,scarab-mounts, beads, and so forth, than at of the actual nuggets that the goldsmiths used wasfound. Also Enk6mi is notable for the fine examplesof imported Egyptian jewellery that were found, in theshape of necklaces of golden lilies with blue paste inlay,that are probably of XVIIIth Dynasty date. The golden vases in repousse work were often imitatedin soft stone. A great bulls head rhyton in black steatitewas found at Knossos, and the excavations at HagiaTriada have yielded the three splendid vases of blacksteatite, the vases of the Boxers, the Harvesters, and theChieftain, which with their splendid relief shew us whatwas the splendour of the toreutic art which they imi-tated, actual specimens of which are the Vaphio there is no doubt that these were imitations ofgolden vases, and were originally gilt. Murray, Smith, and Walters, Excavations in Cyprus. PLATE XVJ. Iq My
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