History of ancient pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885. History of ancient pottery · London, J. Murray · leaf 250
ile turning on the wheel, first in its natural position andthen on its side. Artistically, of course, the principle is a wrongone, and this is most glaringly conspicuous in the barrel-shapedlekythi, in which the axis of the vase is regarded as horizontalrather than vertical. Groups of small… … FIG. 148. SPIRALS UNDER HANDLES (EXEKIAS). which, as we have seen (Vol. I. p. 302), owes much to thatsource—the Melian amphorae. Systems of spirals are arrangedto fill the spaces at the sides of the design,^ especially in com-bination with floral ornaments and reticulated lozenges ; andthe same…
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