History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 250
le 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 v-ertical. Groups of small… … FIG. 148. SPIRALS UNDER HANDLES (li.XEKIA 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…
Pottery, Ancient · Mythology, Greek
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