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ITALIC TOMB-GROUPS: VULCI 5
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tensively damaged. Similar fabric and technique.
Handle as in the foregoing. The neck tapers toward the
top more than in the foregoing and the lip is a trifle
lower. There are three zones of animals compressed
into just about the space occupied by the upper two zones
on the foregoing oinochoe. That the paint is worn is
not without some advantage; contour lines of dilute pig-
ment are left clearly visible which were applied in the
preliminary sketch both for the animals and for the filling
ornament. In the upper zone from left to right: a
goose, r., a facing lion, r., a grazing stag, 1., a facing lion,
1., a boar, 1. In the second zone, a lion, r., a grazing doe,
1., a facing lion, r., a goose with outspread wings, r.,
facing lion, r., a goose, 1., a bull, r. In the third zone
starting under the handle; a lioness (? no mane is in-
cised) and a lion nose to nose, a goat, r., a goose, r., a
goat, r., three goats, 1., a stag, 1.
5. Grey Bucchero Chalice. Pl. LII. M.S.560a,
H. 0.163 m., D. 0.145 m. Small mends. Fabric of fine
texture, grey throughout with some patches of orange.
Bowl and central support wheel-made. About this
central support are five caryatids, their elbows close to
their sides, their hands clasping two long tresses of hair
with rounded ends. Long chitons, the contours of
which are straight, conceal their figures. The hands are
summarily rendered; the faces are fat with rounded chins.
Between their heads and the bowl are cushions orpoloi.
On the bowl are three horizontal zones of incised orna-
ment; in the uppermost, fans; in the central, perpendicu-
lars between horizontal lines; in the lowest, two zigzags.
The lower edge of the bowl is notched. It may be noted
that the fans are here made not with a notched stick but
by free hand incision.
6. Imported Early Corinthian Alabastron. PL
UIl. M.S.553, H. 0.359 m., D. 0.178 m. Intact.
Fabric of fine texture, buff throughout. Wheel-made.
The outer edge of the lip is raised; from this edge, the
upper surface of the lip slopes inward toward the mouth;
on it are painted bands and tongue-pattern; on the up-
right outer surface of the lip chevrons between bands.
On the outer edge of the handle two neat reserved lines.
On the neck, rays above stripes and a dotted pattern.
The three zones of decoration are marked off by more
stripes, without overlaid color. On the bottom of the
vase rays converging toward three concentric grooves cut
to make the vase stand steady.
In the center of the upper zone, a gorgoneion. * On
either side of the gorgoneion, sphinxes, and under the
handle, a lion. Approximately centered beneath the
gorgoneion in the second zone are a pair of horsemen with
a prize tripod between them. The heads of the men
extend above the upper boundary line of the zone.
* In Payne’s drawing of this head, Nec., p. 82, Fig. 24, B, the
three dots on the forehead should be omitted—they are bits of
incrustation—and the tongue should extend a little farther to the
right where a small portion of purple red color has flaked off. The
dot on the left ear of his drawing is a tiny hole in the vase.
They wear short chitons rendered in purplish red; in
their hands are whips. The bellies and chests of the
horses are purplish red; on their hindquarters are stripes
of the same color and the manes are also rendered by
stripes which end, below the bridle, in incised chevrons.
The horses walk with all four feet planted on the ground.
Behind either horseman is a panther. Between them
under the handle a padded dancer. The incised line
that marks the lower border of the front of his purple red
chiton ends in a flourish.
In the lowest zone, approximately under the tripod,
a spread eagle, flanked by lions, and under the handle, a
grazing stag.
7. Imported Early Corinthian Alabastron. Pl.
LII. M.S.555, H. 0.281 m., D. 0.149 m. Slight restora-
tions, surface damaged. Similar fabric and technique.
Lip as in the foregoing except that its upper surface is
horizontal and that the ornament on its outer upright
surface is a step pattern; on the neck, tongues. On the
bottom of the vase a central raised area to enable the
vase to stand steady. Between this and the lowest zone
of ornament, tongues. The intervening space between
neck and base is decorated with three zones of padded
dancers, separated alternately by two and three hori-
zontal bands. The ground is thickly strewn with rosettes
and blobs drawn more carelessly than in the preceding
vase.
8. Counterpart of the Foregoing. PL LII.
M.S.554, H. 0.281 m., D. 0.148 m. Slight restorations,
surface damaged.
9. Plastic Vase in the Form of a Doe. PL LII.
M.S.558, H. 0.74 m., L. 0.145 m. Two hooves, a piece
of the neck and the stopper in the form of the head
missing. Fabric as in the foregoing. Handmade.
Payne, Nec., p. 177, states that these vases in the form of a
doe are invariably “dark, and muddy looking” and are
not therefore of Corinthian manufacture. The clay of
this vase is of a clean buff color barely distinguishable
from the clay of the foregoing vases. But since, as Payne
points out, this type of plastic vase has not been found in
Greece, it is not called an imported piece. The hooves,
the fetlocks, the knees, the corresponding joints on the
hind legs, the tail and a band about the neck are painted
matt brown. The rest of the vase, except the belly, is
covered with fine brown dots.
10. Imported Early Corinthian Amphora. Pl.
LIV. M.S.552, H. 0.409 m., D. 0.321 m. Slight dam-
ages. Fabric and technique as in Nos. 3,4, 6-8. The in-
side of the neck for a distance of 0.031 m., the outside of
the rim and neck and the upper part of the handles are
covered with the same orange to black color which is
used for the figured decoration. On the rim white
rosettes; two rows of the same, separated by an incised
line on the neck. At the base of the neck, a moulded
ridge. In the shoulder zone on the obverse a most
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tensively damaged. Similar fabric and technique.
Handle as in the foregoing. The neck tapers toward the
top more than in the foregoing and the lip is a trifle
lower. There are three zones of animals compressed
into just about the space occupied by the upper two zones
on the foregoing oinochoe. That the paint is worn is
not without some advantage; contour lines of dilute pig-
ment are left clearly visible which were applied in the
preliminary sketch both for the animals and for the filling
ornament. In the upper zone from left to right: a
goose, r., a facing lion, r., a grazing stag, 1., a facing lion,
1., a boar, 1. In the second zone, a lion, r., a grazing doe,
1., a facing lion, r., a goose with outspread wings, r.,
facing lion, r., a goose, 1., a bull, r. In the third zone
starting under the handle; a lioness (? no mane is in-
cised) and a lion nose to nose, a goat, r., a goose, r., a
goat, r., three goats, 1., a stag, 1.
5. Grey Bucchero Chalice. Pl. LII. M.S.560a,
H. 0.163 m., D. 0.145 m. Small mends. Fabric of fine
texture, grey throughout with some patches of orange.
Bowl and central support wheel-made. About this
central support are five caryatids, their elbows close to
their sides, their hands clasping two long tresses of hair
with rounded ends. Long chitons, the contours of
which are straight, conceal their figures. The hands are
summarily rendered; the faces are fat with rounded chins.
Between their heads and the bowl are cushions orpoloi.
On the bowl are three horizontal zones of incised orna-
ment; in the uppermost, fans; in the central, perpendicu-
lars between horizontal lines; in the lowest, two zigzags.
The lower edge of the bowl is notched. It may be noted
that the fans are here made not with a notched stick but
by free hand incision.
6. Imported Early Corinthian Alabastron. PL
UIl. M.S.553, H. 0.359 m., D. 0.178 m. Intact.
Fabric of fine texture, buff throughout. Wheel-made.
The outer edge of the lip is raised; from this edge, the
upper surface of the lip slopes inward toward the mouth;
on it are painted bands and tongue-pattern; on the up-
right outer surface of the lip chevrons between bands.
On the outer edge of the handle two neat reserved lines.
On the neck, rays above stripes and a dotted pattern.
The three zones of decoration are marked off by more
stripes, without overlaid color. On the bottom of the
vase rays converging toward three concentric grooves cut
to make the vase stand steady.
In the center of the upper zone, a gorgoneion. * On
either side of the gorgoneion, sphinxes, and under the
handle, a lion. Approximately centered beneath the
gorgoneion in the second zone are a pair of horsemen with
a prize tripod between them. The heads of the men
extend above the upper boundary line of the zone.
* In Payne’s drawing of this head, Nec., p. 82, Fig. 24, B, the
three dots on the forehead should be omitted—they are bits of
incrustation—and the tongue should extend a little farther to the
right where a small portion of purple red color has flaked off. The
dot on the left ear of his drawing is a tiny hole in the vase.
They wear short chitons rendered in purplish red; in
their hands are whips. The bellies and chests of the
horses are purplish red; on their hindquarters are stripes
of the same color and the manes are also rendered by
stripes which end, below the bridle, in incised chevrons.
The horses walk with all four feet planted on the ground.
Behind either horseman is a panther. Between them
under the handle a padded dancer. The incised line
that marks the lower border of the front of his purple red
chiton ends in a flourish.
In the lowest zone, approximately under the tripod,
a spread eagle, flanked by lions, and under the handle, a
grazing stag.
7. Imported Early Corinthian Alabastron. Pl.
LII. M.S.555, H. 0.281 m., D. 0.149 m. Slight restora-
tions, surface damaged. Similar fabric and technique.
Lip as in the foregoing except that its upper surface is
horizontal and that the ornament on its outer upright
surface is a step pattern; on the neck, tongues. On the
bottom of the vase a central raised area to enable the
vase to stand steady. Between this and the lowest zone
of ornament, tongues. The intervening space between
neck and base is decorated with three zones of padded
dancers, separated alternately by two and three hori-
zontal bands. The ground is thickly strewn with rosettes
and blobs drawn more carelessly than in the preceding
vase.
8. Counterpart of the Foregoing. PL LII.
M.S.554, H. 0.281 m., D. 0.148 m. Slight restorations,
surface damaged.
9. Plastic Vase in the Form of a Doe. PL LII.
M.S.558, H. 0.74 m., L. 0.145 m. Two hooves, a piece
of the neck and the stopper in the form of the head
missing. Fabric as in the foregoing. Handmade.
Payne, Nec., p. 177, states that these vases in the form of a
doe are invariably “dark, and muddy looking” and are
not therefore of Corinthian manufacture. The clay of
this vase is of a clean buff color barely distinguishable
from the clay of the foregoing vases. But since, as Payne
points out, this type of plastic vase has not been found in
Greece, it is not called an imported piece. The hooves,
the fetlocks, the knees, the corresponding joints on the
hind legs, the tail and a band about the neck are painted
matt brown. The rest of the vase, except the belly, is
covered with fine brown dots.
10. Imported Early Corinthian Amphora. Pl.
LIV. M.S.552, H. 0.409 m., D. 0.321 m. Slight dam-
ages. Fabric and technique as in Nos. 3,4, 6-8. The in-
side of the neck for a distance of 0.031 m., the outside of
the rim and neck and the upper part of the handles are
covered with the same orange to black color which is
used for the figured decoration. On the rim white
rosettes; two rows of the same, separated by an incised
line on the neck. At the base of the neck, a moulded
ridge. In the shoulder zone on the obverse a most