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 378 PkiMiTivt: GkiiiiCE: Mvcknian Art. which we shall place under the eye of the reader or describe, are taken from what MM. Furtw^ngler and Loeschke term the "third style." Lustrous or polished pottery offers greater variety ; it is more finely shaped and carefully executed than either monochrome or dull-coloured earthenware. Spherical forms still obtain, but they have lost somewhat of their former clumsiness. The com- pressed body, the graceful curve of the handle, the elongation of Flu, 459.— Cypriale amphora, lltiijhl, 20 t. h'm. 46a — I'ilijiiiu's bultle, lalysos. IK-inlii, 27 c. the neck, the wide-open orifice, impart an air ot elegance to the vase which is pleasing to the eye (Fig. 456). Now the amphora makes its appearance ; it is distinguished by a long, egg-shaped body, a near approach to an inverted cone, a pointed base and cylindrical neck, and two short handles rising from the shoulder ; a shape, in fact, admirably calculated to stand wear and tear (Fig. 457). The amphora frequently assumes great dimensions, and is provided with handles of corresponding size and solidity. Now, too, appears for the first time a type peculiar to Mycenian ceramics; we allude to the "stirrup-handled" or "false-necked