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APPENDIX TO INTRODUCTION.] FORMS OF VASES. XCV
The amphora is a two-handled vase of various forms and sizes, but is
generally tall and full-bellied. That in the above woodcut is one of the
Tanathenaic vases, which taper below more than those of the later style.
The amphora represented at the head of this Introduction is of a form
not usual in Etruria, as regards the width of the mouth and the eleva-
tion of the handles, though common enough in Magna Grsecia. It is
seen, however, in the monarch of Etruscan vases, found at Ohiusi, and
now in the Uffizj, at Florence. The amphorae of the south of Italy are
generally more slender, and with more fanciful handles, than those of
Etruria. This is perhaps the most common of all vases ; it is found in
connection with every style of art.
The pelice is distinguished from the amphora by narrowing upwards
to the mouth. It is of comparatively rare occurrence in Etruria, and
found chiefly in connection with the Third or Perfect style.
The stamnos is principally connected with the same style, and is a
very high-shouldered, short-necked, plethoric vase. By Gerhard this is
referred to the class of mixing-jars.
Class II___Water-jars.
The characteristic of water-jars is that they have three handles, two
at the shoulders, and one at
the neck. Eydria is the ge-
neric term, but when used
specifically this is applied to
those vases with a squareness
about the shoulders, as shown
in the woodcut; while the cal-
pis is a more elegant variety,
with the shoulders rounded off.
See Vol. II., p. 490. But this
distinction is conventional. The
hydria is generally in connection with the earlier styles, with black
figures, the calpis with the later, with red figures on a blaek ground.
These water-jars were used by females alone; for whenever men are
represented carrying water, it is invariably in an amphora.
Class III.—Mixing-jars.
These are characterised by their wide mouths, for the convenience of
dipping the cups or ladles ; for the wine having been brought in the
amphora to the banquet, was there mixed with water, and handed round
The amphora is a two-handled vase of various forms and sizes, but is
generally tall and full-bellied. That in the above woodcut is one of the
Tanathenaic vases, which taper below more than those of the later style.
The amphora represented at the head of this Introduction is of a form
not usual in Etruria, as regards the width of the mouth and the eleva-
tion of the handles, though common enough in Magna Grsecia. It is
seen, however, in the monarch of Etruscan vases, found at Ohiusi, and
now in the Uffizj, at Florence. The amphorae of the south of Italy are
generally more slender, and with more fanciful handles, than those of
Etruria. This is perhaps the most common of all vases ; it is found in
connection with every style of art.
The pelice is distinguished from the amphora by narrowing upwards
to the mouth. It is of comparatively rare occurrence in Etruria, and
found chiefly in connection with the Third or Perfect style.
The stamnos is principally connected with the same style, and is a
very high-shouldered, short-necked, plethoric vase. By Gerhard this is
referred to the class of mixing-jars.
Class II___Water-jars.
The characteristic of water-jars is that they have three handles, two
at the shoulders, and one at
the neck. Eydria is the ge-
neric term, but when used
specifically this is applied to
those vases with a squareness
about the shoulders, as shown
in the woodcut; while the cal-
pis is a more elegant variety,
with the shoulders rounded off.
See Vol. II., p. 490. But this
distinction is conventional. The
hydria is generally in connection with the earlier styles, with black
figures, the calpis with the later, with red figures on a blaek ground.
These water-jars were used by females alone; for whenever men are
represented carrying water, it is invariably in an amphora.
Class III.—Mixing-jars.
These are characterised by their wide mouths, for the convenience of
dipping the cups or ladles ; for the wine having been brought in the
amphora to the banquet, was there mixed with water, and handed round