History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · New York, Scribner · leaf 257
on-ventional. It is thus found on theMelian amphorae in combination withsystems of spirals ^ ; though on theshoulder of the example given by Rieglthere occurs a band of lotos-flowers alternately upright andinverted, linked together by scrolls, where the form is almost See Riegl, p. Ii5ff., a.nd… … FIG. 159. LOTOS-FLOWERON CYPRIOTE VASE. THE LOTOS-FLOWER 22 ^ that of Egyptian art, except that the cup of the flower isrounder, the petals shorter and blunter. It is obviously as yetin the transitional stage. Next we meet with it in the vases
Pottery, Ancient · Mythology, Greek
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