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 386 Primitive GREEtE : Mycenian Art. times we come across blossoms whose curled-back petals, strongly- accentuated pistil and stamens approach the iyplia {Fig. 474). Covering the Marseilles ewer are dentllated leaves which belong to sea-weeds, and which from the mouth of the trilobate are Fig. 474,— Three- hand led amphora, lalysos. Heighl, 53 c, made to radiate towards the circumference, their extremities being lost amidst the rugosities of the rock {Fig. 477). The transition between plants and animals is bridged over by those zoophytes, sponges or corals, whose quaint outlines appear on several vases (Figs. 429, 476-478). So, too, the ceramist has drawn from the depths of the sea polyps, whether cephalopods, or the nautilus argonauta, and octopus or cuttle-fish. As to the argonaut, we have already made his acquaintance on a Tirynthian fresco (Fig. 237), and numerous glass-pastes