apes ▁are ▁clearly ▁surv iv als ▁from ▁the ▁My c ena e an ▁re pert ory , ▁but ▁a ▁greater ▁number ▁are ▁new , ▁and ▁these ▁are ▁elementary ▁and ▁somewhat ▁cl ums y , ▁spher ical ▁or ▁b icon ical ▁bodies , ▁huge ▁cyl ind rical ▁ne cks ▁with ▁long ▁band - hand les ▁and ▁no ▁sp outs . ▁Cer am ic ▁painted ▁orn ament ▁also ▁reflect s ▁original s ▁of ▁metal , ▁and ▁some ▁scra ps ▁of ▁thin ▁bronze ▁plate ▁emb oss ed ▁with ▁rows ▁of ▁kn obs ▁and ▁light ly ▁eng ra ved ▁in ▁h atch ed ▁or ▁z ig - z ag ▁outline ▁doubt less ▁represent ▁the ▁art ▁which ▁the ▁new com ers ▁brought ▁with ▁them ▁to ▁Greek ▁lands . ▁This ▁kind ▁of ▁decor ative ▁work ▁is ▁better ▁seen ▁in ▁bron zes ▁of ▁the ▁closely ▁related ▁Vill an ova ▁culture ▁of ▁north ▁and ▁central ▁Italy . ▁A ▁novel ▁feature ▁is ▁the ▁application ▁of ▁small ▁figures ▁in ▁the ▁round , ▁particularly ▁birds ▁and ▁heads ▁of ▁ox en , ▁as ▁orn aments ▁of ▁handles , ▁l ids ▁and ▁r ims . ▁The ▁Italian ▁Ge ometric ▁style ▁developed ▁towards ▁comp lication , ▁in ▁crow ded ▁narrow ▁bands ▁of ▁conventional ▁patterns ▁and ▁ser ried ▁rows ▁of ▁du cks ; ▁but ▁contemporary ▁Greek ▁work ▁was ▁a ▁ref in ement ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁cru de ▁elements . ▁Eng ra ving ▁appears ▁at ▁its ▁best ▁on ▁the ▁large ▁catch - plates ▁of ▁fib ula e , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁bear ▁the ▁earliest ▁known ▁pictures ▁of ▁H ellen