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Kamares|kəˈmɑːriːz|
Also Kamarais.
[Gr. καµάραις, name of a cave-sanctuary of the Minoans on Mt. Ida in Crete, where the pottery was first found.]
A type of Minoan pottery from the Middle Bronze Age, characterized by the use of red, white, and yellow ornaments on a black ground, depicting abstract or stylized plant designs. Also attrib.
1895Proc. Soc. Antiquaries London XV. 356 The red..on very thin black-glazed ware, is exactly of the Kamárais tint, while the drawing has the Kamárais touch. Ibid., We may consider that the Kamárais pottery began at least as early as 2300 B.C. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 56/1 This ware, known as ‘Kamáres’, from a cave near a village on the south-east of Mount Ida. 1948A. Lane Greek Pott. iv. 22 The ‘Kamares’ style named after a cave in Crete where many examples were found. 1949W. F. Albright Archaeol. of Palestine v. 93 There was nothing in Palestine like the delicate Kamares ware of Middle Bronze Crete, which was in great demand in Egypt. 1960T. Burton-Brown Early Medit. Migrations i. 1 Certain classes of pottery..were believed to indicate direct contacts between the peoples of Egypt and those of the Aegaean area. Amongst these are sherds of polychrome painted fabrics, some of which may be either Kamares wares from Crete, or related wares. 1970Oxf. Compan. Art 725/2 The ‘egg-shell’ Kamares ware..bears some of the very best of Minoan decoration, with some floral motifs possibly derived from geometric forms rather than copied from nature. |