42 RELATION BETWEEN PROTOCORINTHIAN AND CORINTHIAN
only be described as ludicrous, for the Chigi vase, and the others that go
with it, form a special group, the work of a particularly gifted circle of artists
painting under a strong external influence (see p. 96). The average per-
formance of the same period is reflected by the aryballos in Athens, Johansen
pi. 38, 1. If the figures of this vase be compared with those of the corre-
sponding Corinthian aryballoi (e.g. pi. 21, 10 and 11), it will be obvious that,
in respect of quality, later Protocorinthian and early Corinthian may stand
on the same plane.
only be described as ludicrous, for the Chigi vase, and the others that go
with it, form a special group, the work of a particularly gifted circle of artists
painting under a strong external influence (see p. 96). The average per-
formance of the same period is reflected by the aryballos in Athens, Johansen
pi. 38, 1. If the figures of this vase be compared with those of the corre-
sponding Corinthian aryballoi (e.g. pi. 21, 10 and 11), it will be obvious that,
in respect of quality, later Protocorinthian and early Corinthian may stand
on the same plane.