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GREEK AND ETRUSCAN VASES
of handle, a guilloche between narrow bands of chevrons; dots on the edge of
handle and of lip.
Am. Jour. Arch. IV (1900), p. 442, pl. v; Johansen, ibid., pl. xxvii, 1.
398. 95.12. Lekythos (ovoid aryballos). H. 0.074 m.; D. 0.045 m.
Perkins Collection; purchased in Greece.
Clay pale brown. Ovoid body contracting to small base, small neck, flat lip,
strap handle. Decoration in black glaze with applied red, details in fine incised
lines: on the shoulder a lion, a ram, and a grazing goat; main zone: centaur of
early type with branch in right hand, facing to right toward an advancing bearded
man with staff in right hand, thunderbolt (?) in raised left hand, and sword in
scabbard at his side; behind the latter, a youth with drawn sword running to the
right; before him a standard on which are two seated eagles and beside which
are flying eagles; in both fields are ornaments, point rosettes, crossed lozenges,
Maltese crosses, meander hook squares, single and double spirals reversing, etc.;
at the base, rays; on the lip, concentric zones of ornament: a tongue pattern, a
band of small “pot-hooks,” and a band of short rays; on back of handle, a com-
plex guilloche; broken meander on the edge of handles and of lip.
Amer. Jour. Arch. IV (1900), p. 443, pl. vi; Johansen, ibid., pl. xxii, 2.
Plate XLI.
399. 99.511. Lekythos (ovoid aryballos). H. 0.066 m.; D. 0.037 m.
Henry L. Pierce Fund; purchased, 1899.
Clay pale buff. Body ovoid, contracting to very small base, small neck,
wide flat lip, strap handle. Decoration in black glaze slightly lustrous, with ap-
plied red; details in fine incised lines: on the shoulder, a band of palmettes and
stiff lotus buds pointing down, lozenges in the angles of the connecting loops
above; in the main zone, two lions facing on the front, two rams butting on the
back, in the field: point rosettes, chevrons, and ornaments made up of black tri-
angles; below, a band of point rosettes separated by pairs of vertical zigzags;
rays at the bottom; on the lip: concentric bands of ornament, lines, short rays,
red and black tongue pattern; complex guilloche on back of handle.
Johansen, ibid., pl. xxvi, 4.
Plate XLI.
400. 95.10. Lekythos (ovoid aryballos). H. 0.068 m.; D. 0.038 m.
Perkins Collection.
Clay pale gray. Body ovoid contracting to very small base, small neck, wide
flat lip, strap handle. Decoration in lustrous black glaze with applied red, de-
tails in fine incised lines: on the shoulder, a band of lotus flowers backed by pal-
mettes, separated by pairs of opposed palmettes; in the main zone, Bellerophon
(bearded) on Pegasus attacking the Chimaera, at the back, two sphinxes sepa-
rated by vertical line flanked by small spirals, in the field, point rosettes, crosses,
pendent spirals (pot-hooks), chevrons, etc., and a lizard; below, a narrow band
of dogs running and a rabbit, then a guilloche; fine rays at the base; on the lip, a
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of handle, a guilloche between narrow bands of chevrons; dots on the edge of
handle and of lip.
Am. Jour. Arch. IV (1900), p. 442, pl. v; Johansen, ibid., pl. xxvii, 1.
398. 95.12. Lekythos (ovoid aryballos). H. 0.074 m.; D. 0.045 m.
Perkins Collection; purchased in Greece.
Clay pale brown. Ovoid body contracting to small base, small neck, flat lip,
strap handle. Decoration in black glaze with applied red, details in fine incised
lines: on the shoulder a lion, a ram, and a grazing goat; main zone: centaur of
early type with branch in right hand, facing to right toward an advancing bearded
man with staff in right hand, thunderbolt (?) in raised left hand, and sword in
scabbard at his side; behind the latter, a youth with drawn sword running to the
right; before him a standard on which are two seated eagles and beside which
are flying eagles; in both fields are ornaments, point rosettes, crossed lozenges,
Maltese crosses, meander hook squares, single and double spirals reversing, etc.;
at the base, rays; on the lip, concentric zones of ornament: a tongue pattern, a
band of small “pot-hooks,” and a band of short rays; on back of handle, a com-
plex guilloche; broken meander on the edge of handles and of lip.
Amer. Jour. Arch. IV (1900), p. 443, pl. vi; Johansen, ibid., pl. xxii, 2.
Plate XLI.
399. 99.511. Lekythos (ovoid aryballos). H. 0.066 m.; D. 0.037 m.
Henry L. Pierce Fund; purchased, 1899.
Clay pale buff. Body ovoid, contracting to very small base, small neck,
wide flat lip, strap handle. Decoration in black glaze slightly lustrous, with ap-
plied red; details in fine incised lines: on the shoulder, a band of palmettes and
stiff lotus buds pointing down, lozenges in the angles of the connecting loops
above; in the main zone, two lions facing on the front, two rams butting on the
back, in the field: point rosettes, chevrons, and ornaments made up of black tri-
angles; below, a band of point rosettes separated by pairs of vertical zigzags;
rays at the bottom; on the lip: concentric bands of ornament, lines, short rays,
red and black tongue pattern; complex guilloche on back of handle.
Johansen, ibid., pl. xxvi, 4.
Plate XLI.
400. 95.10. Lekythos (ovoid aryballos). H. 0.068 m.; D. 0.038 m.
Perkins Collection.
Clay pale gray. Body ovoid contracting to very small base, small neck, wide
flat lip, strap handle. Decoration in lustrous black glaze with applied red, de-
tails in fine incised lines: on the shoulder, a band of lotus flowers backed by pal-
mettes, separated by pairs of opposed palmettes; in the main zone, Bellerophon
(bearded) on Pegasus attacking the Chimaera, at the back, two sphinxes sepa-
rated by vertical line flanked by small spirals, in the field, point rosettes, crosses,
pendent spirals (pot-hooks), chevrons, etc., and a lizard; below, a narrow band
of dogs running and a rabbit, then a guilloche; fine rays at the base; on the lip, a
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