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 308 HISTORY OF ART IN PHOENICIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. so often encountered in monuments of oriental piety, he holds a widely opened flower. Here, as in the last example, the outline of the whole is not bad, but the painter's real inexperience is betrayed by the barbarity of the head, and especially by a nose exaggerated into a snout. FIG. 247. Vase from Ormidia. Height when whole, about 48 inches. New York Museum. The same strange awkwardness may be noticed in a very large vase from Ormidia, which must certainly be looked upon as one of the most precious relics of Cypriot art (Fig. 247). 1 The geo- 1 This vase was found broken into a great number of fragments, and, in spite of the skill brqught to the task> only the neck and upper part of the body could be