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364 Primitive Greece : Mvcenian Art. the position of the fusaioles clearly indicates that they served to ornament the dead.' The ceramic art of prehistoric Thera, ere its hamlets were engulfed by volcanic eruption, is in advance of the Trojan earthen- ware. Nevertheless, it still exhibits holes for suspension in place of handles, showing that the dawn of art had not long been left behind. Several shapes, however, are common to both styles of Fin. 445-— Uepas ampliikupellon. Holf-siie. vases ; such would be those jars furnished with protuberant appendages in imitation of a woman's breasts. Nevertheless, those strange shapes which we meet at Hissarlik are absent at Thera ; the prevailing forms seen here approximate those which the potter of the classic age will prefer ; whilst colour, which makes its appearance for the first time, opens a new path to ceramic art, and places the Thera vases on a very high level ' Gesell, Foui'.ks dans la iiieropoU de VuUi.