Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 111
reappears in Asiatic art. Rectangles, lozenges, and checkerings applied even to the central sepal of the lotus betray the persistent influence of primitive basketry patterns (Fig. llo, in which note also the swastikas). The lotus is always ungraceful in Cypriote art. The recurved or voluted sepals… … 115 and Figure 112, Fig. lis. Detail from Cypriote VaseFROM Ormidia (Met. Museum, N. Y.). a reminiscence of primitive pottery and basketry (see Chapter II). 84 ^GEAN AND ASIATIC
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