Fairbanks, Arthur; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [Editor]: Catalogue of Greek and Etruscan vases (Band 1): Early vases, preceding Athenian black-figured ware (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Pr., 1928)

ORIENTALIZING WARES OF GREEK MAINLAND

are two grotesque panthers with short legs, elongated necks and small facing
heads, standing opposite each other; in front and on the back, two water-birds
(or quails?), one above the other; incised rosettes in the field; radial bars on top
of lip, dots on edge of lip and on back of handle.
Plate XLIV.
448. 91.211. Alabastron. H. 0.089 m.; D. 0.047 m.
Purchased, 1891.
Clay pale dull buff. Pear-shaped body, small neck, broad flat lip, small
handle. Decoration in lustrous black glaze and applied red: on the front of
body, a woman-headed bird (siren) wearing a polos, raised incurved wings; on
the back a water-bird, incised rosettes in field; radial bars on the bottom and on
the lip, dots on edge of lip.
Plate XLIV.
449. 98.910. Alabastron. H. 0.07 m.; D. 0.04 m.
Henry L. Pierce Fund, 1898.
Clay pale gray-buff. Pear-shaped body, small neck, broad flat lip, small per-
forated handle. Decoration in lustrous black glaze with applied red: short
radial bars from the neck; two sphinxes seated opposite each other wearing
the polos, raised incurved wings, a serpent erect between them; in the field
point rosettes and on the back incised rosettes; radial bars on the bottom and
on the lip, dots on the edge of lip.
Cf. Sieveking Hackl, Vasensammlung zu Munchen, no. 282, Taf. ix.
Plate XLIV.
450. 91.210. Alabastron (bombylios). H. 0.085 m.; D. 0.044 m.
Said to be from Rhodes. Purchased, 1891.
Clay pale gray-buff. Pear-shaped body, small neck, wide flat lip, small per-
forated handle. Decoration in lustrous black glaze and dark red: at the neck,
short black and red radial bars; on the front of body, two cocks with elongated
necks facing each other, between them a serpent erect; in the field, small four-
parted rosettes on front, large incised rosettes on back; circle of dots around
bottom, radial red and black bars on the lip, dots on edge of lip.
Cf. Sieveking Hackl, ibid., no. 283, Taf. ix.
Plate XLIV.
451. 95.174. Alabastron (bombylios). H. 0.065 m.; D. 0.041 m.
Perkins Collection, 1895. Neck, lip, and handle missing.
Clay very pale red. Pear-shaped body, thick walls. Decoration in slightly
lustrous black gaze and applied red: an “Oriental Artemis” standing, head to
right, raised incurved wings, holding in each hand the neck of a swan with raised
wings; four incised rosettes in field; open rosette on bottom.
Plate XLIV.

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