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 pRLMiTivK Grickci: : MvcicNiAN Art. remembering that silver is more easily oxidized than gold, it*niay well be that ornament analogous to that exhibited on a small Tlirct-eiglilhs. Mycei gold fl^on would be found under the ashes incrusted on the surface (Fig. 515). The model of the charming Marseilles ewer must be sought among ceuochoai of this type {Fig. 477). The huge copper vessels found alongside of the gold and silver vases under notice are not so elegantly shaped.