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The palaces of Crete and their builders (1907)

Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 156

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e for pottery. It THE CRAFTSMEN OF MLXOS 147 is of trapezoidal shape, and the walls, i metre in thickness, arecovered with a layer of melted clay (t^ig- 67). They areencrusted with a vitreous lava of a yellowish or dark colour, insome parts violet and shining. It is a characteristic sign of Minoan… … FIG. 07.—FURNACE FOR POTTERY, PH.-ESTOS. became a characteristic of Greek art were baked in thesefurnaces. This vase had a lid of terracotta, the handles werepainted white, and the rest brown, round the neck were zig-zaglines in red. The wall at the bottom is 3 metres long. The mouth and one side…

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