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SARDIS [PLATE IV] THE two vases which are represented on PLATE IV and Figure 2 are now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. They were found in fragments in a tomb at Sardis which was one of the richest in pottery that has yet been discovered there. Each vase has its special points of interest, and each, as I shall try to show, throws some light on the broader problems raised by the mass of vases and fragments recovered by the American Society for the Exploration of Sardis. I shall begin with the vase (PLATE IV) which presents the simpler problem, so far as classification is concerned-a well preserved cylix of the class commonly called Cyrenaic.' It is in all respects a typical example. The shape is the common one for the Cyrenaic drinking cup, with deep bowl and comparatively short stem. With the exception of the foot and a band on a level with the handles, it is covered with the characteristic white slip, over which the decoration is painted in black varnish of fairly good quality, with considerable use of purplish red as an overcolor. The scheme of the decoration, also, is a familiar one, with groups of fine and broad bands (the broad ones regularly with red overcolor) us
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- Author
- George H. Chase
- Published
- 1921
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)