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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  TURKESTAN. 
  

  

  From 
  Turkestan, 
  Central 
  Asia, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  pottery 
  and 
  

   fragments 
  of 
  tiles, 
  dating 
  from 
  the 
  eleventh 
  and 
  twelfth 
  centuries, 
  

  

  A. 
  D. 
  

  

  TEREK, 
  CAUCASUS. 
  

  

  The 
  collection, 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  out 
  from 
  a 
  tomb 
  near 
  Terek, 
  con- 
  

   sists 
  of 
  copper 
  and 
  bronze 
  pieces 
  — 
  pins, 
  rings, 
  bracelets, 
  anklets, 
  

   buckles, 
  and 
  fragments 
  of 
  handles, 
  etc. 
  — 
  colored 
  glass 
  beads, 
  and 
  

   pottery 
  fragments. 
  

  

  GRECO-ROMAN 
  ANTIQUITIES. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  comprises 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  casts 
  of 
  statues 
  and 
  busts 
  of 
  the 
  

   major 
  and 
  minor 
  divinities 
  of 
  the 
  Greco-Koman 
  pantheon. 
  A 
  

   wooden 
  model 
  of 
  the 
  Parthenon. 
  Casts 
  of 
  reliefs 
  illustrating 
  some 
  

   episodes 
  of 
  Greek 
  mythology, 
  as 
  the 
  battle 
  of 
  the 
  gods 
  with 
  the 
  

   giants 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Centaurs 
  with 
  the 
  Lapithi, 
  etc. 
  A 
  Roman 
  mosaic 
  

   from 
  Carthage. 
  Reliefs 
  from 
  the 
  Triumphal 
  Arch 
  of 
  Trojan 
  at 
  

   Beneventum. 
  Votive 
  tablets 
  and 
  sepulchral 
  stellae. 
  Plaster 
  casts 
  

   and 
  electrotypes 
  of 
  engraved 
  gems. 
  The 
  minor 
  or 
  domestic 
  arts 
  are 
  

   represented 
  by 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  painted 
  pottery 
  and 
  terra-cotta 
  

   figurines. 
  

  

  GREEK 
  AND 
  ITALIAN 
  POTTERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  vases 
  was 
  an 
  important 
  industry 
  in 
  early 
  

   prehistoric 
  times 
  in 
  Greece 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  adjacent 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Archipelago. 
  

  

  The 
  potteries 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  ancient 
  Troy 
  (modern 
  Hissarhk, 
  

   Asia 
  Minor) 
  are 
  still 
  crude, 
  mostly 
  handmade 
  and 
  unpainted, 
  and 
  

   often 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  rudely 
  modeled 
  human 
  figure. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  vases 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Mycenaean 
  civilization 
  " 
  (about 
  1500 
  to 
  1000 
  

  

  B. 
  C), 
  so 
  called 
  after 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Mycenae, 
  which 
  was 
  its 
  center, 
  

   artistic 
  feeling 
  begins 
  to 
  appear. 
  The 
  vases 
  are 
  all 
  wheel 
  made 
  

   and 
  varied 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  decoration. 
  The 
  favorite 
  designs 
  are 
  bands 
  

   and 
  spirals, 
  plants, 
  leaves, 
  and 
  marine 
  animals 
  (cuttlefish, 
  octopuses, 
  

   etc.). 
  

  

  Next 
  follow 
  the 
  geometric 
  pottery, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  decoration 
  is 
  

   composed 
  of 
  patterns 
  in 
  lines 
  on 
  a 
  regular 
  plan 
  and 
  measurements, 
  

   such 
  as 
  zigzags, 
  meanders, 
  and 
  concentric 
  circles. 
  The 
  most 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  and 
  important 
  variety 
  of 
  this 
  style 
  is 
  the 
  pottery, 
  painted 
  

   with 
  naval 
  battles 
  and 
  funeral 
  processions, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  cemetery 
  

   near 
  the 
  Dipylon 
  (double 
  gate) 
  of 
  ancient 
  Athens 
  and 
  hence 
  called 
  

   Dipylon 
  vases. 
  This 
  style 
  of 
  decoration 
  prevailed 
  from 
  about 
  1000 
  

   to 
  800 
  B. 
  C. 
  

  

  