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PLASTIC VASES 179
different and is precisely what we find on many Corinthian vases: but of course the
same type was current elsewhere. It is practically certain that no. 1 was of the same type
as no. 2, but the breakage makes it impossible to be quite sure. In any case, these two
both have a painted ridge which doubtless indicates either the crest or the crest-holder.
The check pattern with which this is decorated in no. 1 is a regular feature of Corinthian
vases (cf. pi. 40,3). It may be remarked further that the incurving profile of the vase-
mouth in no. 2 is a characteristically Corinthian formula.
Lastly there is one point in connexion with the rendering of the head beneath the
helmet—the form of the eyes. It is quite clear in nos. 1 and 2, and
only a little less so in no. 3, that the eyes are unlike those of Rhodian
plastic vases. Instead of the long, almond-shaped eyes of the
Rhodian helmeted heads and of the women which unquestionably
belong to the same class, we have a form characteristic of the main-
land: straight in the lower contour, strongly curved above, and
smaller as well.
It is therefore natural not only to separate these vases from their
Rhodian counterparts, but also to regard them as Corinthian. The pIG g3 From
Rhodian series is by far the richer, and the Corinthian is no doubt to A J. A. 1906.
be regarded as dependent on it. At least one East Greek plastic vase
of this type has been found at Corinth: the faience vase with the cartouche of Apries,
now in the Louvre (Heuzey, Cat. Fig. Ant. du Louvre pi. 7,2; Gaz. Arch. 1880 pi. 23,2;
Maximova p. 154; C.A.H. plates 1,299); Robinson, A.J .A. 1906,423, mentions another
from Corinth which is probably Ionian as it is varnished black. There is a third from
Corinth, of bronze, probably also imported (de Ridder,Br. Ant.du Louvre pi. 103,2937).
Among the examples of Rhodian type, there are two which are made of greenish,
Corinthian-looking clay,1 but if they were not made at Rhodes, they were certainly made
from imported moulds.
Heads or protomes of gorgons. Mile Maximova (p. 164) mentions four vases of this
class which are certainly Rhodian, and a fifth which she regards as Corinthian. There
is yet another, obviously Rhodian like the first four, in Boulogne (Le Musee ii, 264
fig. 6 left, from Rhodes). I think it quite possible that the vase in the Palazzo dei Con-
servatori,2 the one which Mile Maximova speaks of as Corinthian, is Rhodian too. The clay
is certainly greenish white, but this, as we have seen, is not a safe criterion; the style is
precisely like that of the Rhodian examples.3 We are therefore confronted with the same
insoluble problem which we have met with before—similarity of style side by side with
difference of technique. Until we have more evidence it is better to suspend judgement.
Women's heads: Naples, from Cumae (Mon. Ant. xxii pi. 74, 1). Early Corinthian,
or perhaps even Protocorinthian. There are no other vases of this type that were made
at Corinth. The vases classified by Albizzati, pi. 9, m, 112, and p. 39, as Corinthian,
are, of course, Rhodian of the ordinary kind. So also nos. 113, 114, 117, 120, on pi. 9
(cf. supra); nos. 115, 116, 121, 123, are Italian.
1 Thera, Dragendorff ii, 28 no. 23 (cf. A.J .A. loc.cit. rendering of the three locks of hair on either side is
421); Munich (A. Anz. 191 o, 140, from Rhodes). unmistakably Rhodian. Another point: Mile Maxi-
2 Catalogue of the Sculptures pi. 76, 18. mova says that this gorgon has no snakes, but that
3 Mile Maximova is quite wrong in saying that she has a beard (implying a divergence from the
this vase 'differs manifestly' from the Rhodian type. Rhodian type). But she has a beard consisting of
Apart from the difference of clay, the only unusual snakes, precisely as in the Rhodian gorgon-vase in
feature is that the shoulders are indicated, as in the the British Museum.
Rhodian vases, in the form of female busts. The
different and is precisely what we find on many Corinthian vases: but of course the
same type was current elsewhere. It is practically certain that no. 1 was of the same type
as no. 2, but the breakage makes it impossible to be quite sure. In any case, these two
both have a painted ridge which doubtless indicates either the crest or the crest-holder.
The check pattern with which this is decorated in no. 1 is a regular feature of Corinthian
vases (cf. pi. 40,3). It may be remarked further that the incurving profile of the vase-
mouth in no. 2 is a characteristically Corinthian formula.
Lastly there is one point in connexion with the rendering of the head beneath the
helmet—the form of the eyes. It is quite clear in nos. 1 and 2, and
only a little less so in no. 3, that the eyes are unlike those of Rhodian
plastic vases. Instead of the long, almond-shaped eyes of the
Rhodian helmeted heads and of the women which unquestionably
belong to the same class, we have a form characteristic of the main-
land: straight in the lower contour, strongly curved above, and
smaller as well.
It is therefore natural not only to separate these vases from their
Rhodian counterparts, but also to regard them as Corinthian. The pIG g3 From
Rhodian series is by far the richer, and the Corinthian is no doubt to A J. A. 1906.
be regarded as dependent on it. At least one East Greek plastic vase
of this type has been found at Corinth: the faience vase with the cartouche of Apries,
now in the Louvre (Heuzey, Cat. Fig. Ant. du Louvre pi. 7,2; Gaz. Arch. 1880 pi. 23,2;
Maximova p. 154; C.A.H. plates 1,299); Robinson, A.J .A. 1906,423, mentions another
from Corinth which is probably Ionian as it is varnished black. There is a third from
Corinth, of bronze, probably also imported (de Ridder,Br. Ant.du Louvre pi. 103,2937).
Among the examples of Rhodian type, there are two which are made of greenish,
Corinthian-looking clay,1 but if they were not made at Rhodes, they were certainly made
from imported moulds.
Heads or protomes of gorgons. Mile Maximova (p. 164) mentions four vases of this
class which are certainly Rhodian, and a fifth which she regards as Corinthian. There
is yet another, obviously Rhodian like the first four, in Boulogne (Le Musee ii, 264
fig. 6 left, from Rhodes). I think it quite possible that the vase in the Palazzo dei Con-
servatori,2 the one which Mile Maximova speaks of as Corinthian, is Rhodian too. The clay
is certainly greenish white, but this, as we have seen, is not a safe criterion; the style is
precisely like that of the Rhodian examples.3 We are therefore confronted with the same
insoluble problem which we have met with before—similarity of style side by side with
difference of technique. Until we have more evidence it is better to suspend judgement.
Women's heads: Naples, from Cumae (Mon. Ant. xxii pi. 74, 1). Early Corinthian,
or perhaps even Protocorinthian. There are no other vases of this type that were made
at Corinth. The vases classified by Albizzati, pi. 9, m, 112, and p. 39, as Corinthian,
are, of course, Rhodian of the ordinary kind. So also nos. 113, 114, 117, 120, on pi. 9
(cf. supra); nos. 115, 116, 121, 123, are Italian.
1 Thera, Dragendorff ii, 28 no. 23 (cf. A.J .A. loc.cit. rendering of the three locks of hair on either side is
421); Munich (A. Anz. 191 o, 140, from Rhodes). unmistakably Rhodian. Another point: Mile Maxi-
2 Catalogue of the Sculptures pi. 76, 18. mova says that this gorgon has no snakes, but that
3 Mile Maximova is quite wrong in saying that she has a beard (implying a divergence from the
this vase 'differs manifestly' from the Rhodian type. Rhodian type). But she has a beard consisting of
Apart from the difference of clay, the only unusual snakes, precisely as in the Rhodian gorgon-vase in
feature is that the shoulders are indicated, as in the the British Museum.
Rhodian vases, in the form of female busts. The