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ORIENTALIZING WARES OF GREEK MAINLAND
Clay pale gray-red, containing bits of chalk and black and white particles;
gray-buff slip. Body elongated pear-shaped; small neck, slightly hollowed
wide lip, small perforated handle. Decorated in brown to black dull glaze and
applied red, details in coarse incised lines; in the main zone, a bearded male
figure with extended arms, raised incurved wings, striding to left; he wears
chiton and high boots; on the back a cock, in the field a meaningless inscrip-
tion, dotted areas, wheels, rosettes, a spiral, etc.; below, a band of incised ro-
settes; on the bottom, concentric circles enclosing a band of radial bars, concen-
tric circles on lip, and vertical lines on the edge of lip.
Cf. Mon. ant. Acad. Lined, XVII, p. 619, fig. 427.
Plate LIV.
541. 18.490. Alabastron (bombylios). H. 0.235 m.; D. 0.105 m.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson, 1918.
Clay dull pink, with fine particles of black and white stone and occasional
pieces of chalk. Ovoid body contracting to small neck, flat lip, small handle.
Decoration in black glaze, in places burned red, much incised detail including
outlines of the figures: two large female figures to right, each holding up a spray
of laurel (?) in the right hand, and wearing chiton and himation with incised
decoration, while one narrow garment is stretched between them and around
the shoulders of both; at the back, a large swan; in the field, large and small
elaborate rosettes and rings of dots; on the bottom a large rosette, rosette on
the lip, zigzag on edge of lip, and bars on neck above the scene.
Cf. Jahr. Arch. Inst. XXXI (1916), Anz. 168, fig. 4.
Plate LIV.
542. 98.898. Pyxis. H. 0.138 m.; D. 0.125 m.
From Thebes. Henry L. Pierce Fund; purchased, 1898.
Clay pale dull red, with very fine black and white particles; a yellow white
slip over the face. Box with vertical sides, rim near bottom, and double moulded
ring underneath; cover with vertical sides setting down over the sides of box,
a plastic head instead of handle. Decoration in dull black glaze, dark red, and
white; interior solid black, one applied white band; exterior, black and red
horizontal lines; on sides of cover, a chequer-board pattern, the dark squares
alternately black and red; on the top concentric black and red lines; details of
eyes, lips, etc. of the head in black and red lines, the black hair confined by a
red fillet decorated with meander pattern in black.
Cf. Jahr. Arch. Inst. Ill (1888), p. 343, fig. 27; VII (1892), Anz. 162, fig. 25.
Plate L.
543. 77.223. Patera. H. 0.02 m.; D. 0.089 m.
Said to be from Larymna, Boeotia. Gift of Francis Amory, 1877.
Clay dull orange-brown, well purified. Low saucer with vertical edges, a
small knob in the centre. Decoration in groups of concentric lines of brown to
black dull glaze and of dark red.
Plate LI.
E 185 2
Clay pale gray-red, containing bits of chalk and black and white particles;
gray-buff slip. Body elongated pear-shaped; small neck, slightly hollowed
wide lip, small perforated handle. Decorated in brown to black dull glaze and
applied red, details in coarse incised lines; in the main zone, a bearded male
figure with extended arms, raised incurved wings, striding to left; he wears
chiton and high boots; on the back a cock, in the field a meaningless inscrip-
tion, dotted areas, wheels, rosettes, a spiral, etc.; below, a band of incised ro-
settes; on the bottom, concentric circles enclosing a band of radial bars, concen-
tric circles on lip, and vertical lines on the edge of lip.
Cf. Mon. ant. Acad. Lined, XVII, p. 619, fig. 427.
Plate LIV.
541. 18.490. Alabastron (bombylios). H. 0.235 m.; D. 0.105 m.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson, 1918.
Clay dull pink, with fine particles of black and white stone and occasional
pieces of chalk. Ovoid body contracting to small neck, flat lip, small handle.
Decoration in black glaze, in places burned red, much incised detail including
outlines of the figures: two large female figures to right, each holding up a spray
of laurel (?) in the right hand, and wearing chiton and himation with incised
decoration, while one narrow garment is stretched between them and around
the shoulders of both; at the back, a large swan; in the field, large and small
elaborate rosettes and rings of dots; on the bottom a large rosette, rosette on
the lip, zigzag on edge of lip, and bars on neck above the scene.
Cf. Jahr. Arch. Inst. XXXI (1916), Anz. 168, fig. 4.
Plate LIV.
542. 98.898. Pyxis. H. 0.138 m.; D. 0.125 m.
From Thebes. Henry L. Pierce Fund; purchased, 1898.
Clay pale dull red, with very fine black and white particles; a yellow white
slip over the face. Box with vertical sides, rim near bottom, and double moulded
ring underneath; cover with vertical sides setting down over the sides of box,
a plastic head instead of handle. Decoration in dull black glaze, dark red, and
white; interior solid black, one applied white band; exterior, black and red
horizontal lines; on sides of cover, a chequer-board pattern, the dark squares
alternately black and red; on the top concentric black and red lines; details of
eyes, lips, etc. of the head in black and red lines, the black hair confined by a
red fillet decorated with meander pattern in black.
Cf. Jahr. Arch. Inst. Ill (1888), p. 343, fig. 27; VII (1892), Anz. 162, fig. 25.
Plate L.
543. 77.223. Patera. H. 0.02 m.; D. 0.089 m.
Said to be from Larymna, Boeotia. Gift of Francis Amory, 1877.
Clay dull orange-brown, well purified. Low saucer with vertical edges, a
small knob in the centre. Decoration in groups of concentric lines of brown to
black dull glaze and of dark red.
Plate LI.
E 185 2