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History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 1189 — Chapter VIII · VASE-PAINTING IN IONIA

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The principal decorative patterns are the guilloche or plait-band; maeander, often combined with stars, as on the “Pontic” vases; palmettes; a bold egg-and-dart pattern of Ionic type. For an Egyptian prototype of the maeander-and-star pattern, cf. Perrot, Hist. de l’Art, i. fig. 541.

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