The decorative art of Crete in the bronze age .. (1907)
Dohan, Edith Hall, 1877-1943 · Philadelphia, Press of the J. C. Winston co. · leaf 41
os, Mycenae, and Tel-el- Y eh udiy eh in Egypt occurs a sign like the late form of the Greek letter Alpha {B. S. A. 1899-1900, VI, p. 42; Prehistoric Tombs, p. 110, footnote, and J. H. S. 1904, XXIV, p. 328). This sign was evidently taken over as a decorative motive for pottery of this period (see… … Fig. 57, from Athen. Mitt. Fig. 58. Design on a Sherd Fig. 59. Design on a Sherd 1886, XI, PI. III. from a Knossos House. from a Knossos House. The checkerboard pattern which marks off the field of ornament in PL III is noteworthy for two reasons : first, it resembles the checkerwork in the…
Pottery · Decoration and ornament
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