. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . Fi«. Zh.—Greek lihi/ton, in the Louvre. an example in the Cup of Arcesilaus. The wandering potters whowent into Italy, and there produced those beautiful vases, were have been in the habit of calling them Etruscan vases, becausethey have been found in largest numbers and in most perfect preserva-tion in Etruria. But it is now well known that the real Etruscanpotters never reached the same technical skill, or had any such eye forform, as was common among the Greeks. I have mentioned the tombs—that
. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . Fi«. Zh.—Greek lihi/ton, in the Louvre. an example in the Cup of Arcesilaus. The wandering potters whowent into Italy, and there produced those beautiful vases, were have been in the habit of calling them Etruscan vases, becausethey have been found in largest numbers and in most perfect preserva-tion in Etruria. But it is now well known that the real Etruscanpotters never reached the same technical skill, or had any such eye forform, as was common among the Greeks. I have mentioned the tombs—that many of the finest Greek vaseshave been found in tliose of Italy, and particularly in the part once 38 POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. called Etruria. In Fig. 30 is shown one of these tombs discovei-ed nearXaples. In it may be seen the remains of tlie body, with vases ofvarious shapes standing or hanging on the wall. Most of the vases. Kio. 96.—Greek Amphora, Panuthevaic. found with the dead in Greece were buried in the soil, and are thusless perfect tlian tliose found in Italy. Oooi) AM) Bad.—AVIiilf, tlicii, we can oxalt the (Ireek vase to aforemost place in the ])ui-fection of form, let us siiy tliat there are very GOOD AXD BAD VASES. 39 many Greek vMses and pots wliicli are bad, common^ vulgar. So thatno buyer, no student, must admire with his eyes shut. Hardly anyconsiderable collection is without these bad things. Therefore, who-
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