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202 LOCAL IMITATIONS AND
Whether our vases are the work of Attic artists practising at Corinth,
where the white clay was to be had, I do not think it is possible to say.
One knows that clay could be fired almost white in other parts of Greece
(for instance in Athens in the eighth century), and it is perhaps simplest to
suppose that an Attic potter resorted to an old-fashioned method of firing,
to produce an effect of colour like that of Corinthian vases.
The close connexion of this group with the developed Vourva style indicates
a date in the first quarter of the sixth century. The Taranto amphora was
found in a tomb which contained several Corinthian vases of this period—two
flat-bottomed aryballoi (shape C), cf. no. 821 and ff., and an amphoriskos
(cf. no. 1076 and ff.). The grave probably belongs to the later rather than
to the earlier part of the period indicated.
II. Boeotian. These are less common than is generally supposed (cf.
supra). The largest group consists of twenty-six vases, nearly all by one
hand.
1 Large alabastra. Cambridge (Gardner pi. 4; Buschor2 58 fig. 41 left). Floral
2, 3 ornament, swan. Brussels (C.V.A. iii c pi. 2, 10). PI. 53, 8. Dresden. Orna-
4 ment of four lotus flowers. British Museum A 1351, from Corinth (Radet,
Cybebe 16fig.22). Artemis with swans; horse protome ending in a bird's tail
5 (primitive Hippalectryon ?). Heidelberg, from Boeotia (A. Anz. 1916,170 fig. 4;
Brinckmann, Bonner Jahrb. 1926, 143 no. 98). Draped women in one cloak.
6,7 Similar: Bonn, also from Boeotia (op. cit. no. 143 and pi. 3, 2). Munich
8 291 a (S.H. pi. 9). Siren, swan. Munich 291 b (S.H. pi. 9 and fig. 30), from
9,10 Boeotia. Siren, lion. Vienna, Hofmus. 173. Siren, swan. Heidelberg
11 (Kiister, Die Schlange, fig. 3). Snake between eagles. Geneva. Frontal
12 quadriga with charioteer. Berlin 3370, from Thebes. Galloping rider, swan.
13,14 Bonn (Schweitzer, Herakles fig. 16). Man with double axe. Berlin 3158
15 (A. Anz. 1890, 91, 9). Three women in a cloak (cf. no. 5). Louvre L. 141
(B.C.H. 1895, 76 fig. 4). Lions; various floral motives. Mixed technique of
16 outline and incision. Berlin 3180, from Thebes (A. Anz. 1891, 116 no. 8;
Pfuhl i, 129). Lion, floral ornament. Technique as before, but contours red.
17,18 Athens 12932, and 12934, both from Thebes. Sirens and floral ornaments.
19 Athens 12580. Man running, lion.
20 Round aryballoi. New York 06. 1021. 22 (Coll. Canessa no. 211, pi. 13).
Horseman.
21 Geneva H 136, from Greece. PI. 53,2. Swans.
22 Tubingen Watzinger, c 30 (2). Horse head and rosettes.
With the exception of nos. 15 and 16, the above may well be by one hand.
Isolated examples of this class have sometimes been spoken of as Corinthian,1
but their peculiar leather-brown clay, their unusual system of minor patterns]2
1 e.g. by Gardner and Buschor, apropos of no. i; aryballoi is unusual. It is found only on a particular
by Mayence, Kiister, and Watzinger, in publishing class of Corinthian aryballoi (no. 484 and ff.) and never
nos. 2, 10, and 22 respectively; Pfuhl cites no. 10 as on alabastra. The elongation of the dots above and
Corinthian (i, 116); no. 16 as Boeotian (i, 129). below the main picture into vertical strokes is
2 Cross-hatching on the rim of alabastra and another peculiarity.
Whether our vases are the work of Attic artists practising at Corinth,
where the white clay was to be had, I do not think it is possible to say.
One knows that clay could be fired almost white in other parts of Greece
(for instance in Athens in the eighth century), and it is perhaps simplest to
suppose that an Attic potter resorted to an old-fashioned method of firing,
to produce an effect of colour like that of Corinthian vases.
The close connexion of this group with the developed Vourva style indicates
a date in the first quarter of the sixth century. The Taranto amphora was
found in a tomb which contained several Corinthian vases of this period—two
flat-bottomed aryballoi (shape C), cf. no. 821 and ff., and an amphoriskos
(cf. no. 1076 and ff.). The grave probably belongs to the later rather than
to the earlier part of the period indicated.
II. Boeotian. These are less common than is generally supposed (cf.
supra). The largest group consists of twenty-six vases, nearly all by one
hand.
1 Large alabastra. Cambridge (Gardner pi. 4; Buschor2 58 fig. 41 left). Floral
2, 3 ornament, swan. Brussels (C.V.A. iii c pi. 2, 10). PI. 53, 8. Dresden. Orna-
4 ment of four lotus flowers. British Museum A 1351, from Corinth (Radet,
Cybebe 16fig.22). Artemis with swans; horse protome ending in a bird's tail
5 (primitive Hippalectryon ?). Heidelberg, from Boeotia (A. Anz. 1916,170 fig. 4;
Brinckmann, Bonner Jahrb. 1926, 143 no. 98). Draped women in one cloak.
6,7 Similar: Bonn, also from Boeotia (op. cit. no. 143 and pi. 3, 2). Munich
8 291 a (S.H. pi. 9). Siren, swan. Munich 291 b (S.H. pi. 9 and fig. 30), from
9,10 Boeotia. Siren, lion. Vienna, Hofmus. 173. Siren, swan. Heidelberg
11 (Kiister, Die Schlange, fig. 3). Snake between eagles. Geneva. Frontal
12 quadriga with charioteer. Berlin 3370, from Thebes. Galloping rider, swan.
13,14 Bonn (Schweitzer, Herakles fig. 16). Man with double axe. Berlin 3158
15 (A. Anz. 1890, 91, 9). Three women in a cloak (cf. no. 5). Louvre L. 141
(B.C.H. 1895, 76 fig. 4). Lions; various floral motives. Mixed technique of
16 outline and incision. Berlin 3180, from Thebes (A. Anz. 1891, 116 no. 8;
Pfuhl i, 129). Lion, floral ornament. Technique as before, but contours red.
17,18 Athens 12932, and 12934, both from Thebes. Sirens and floral ornaments.
19 Athens 12580. Man running, lion.
20 Round aryballoi. New York 06. 1021. 22 (Coll. Canessa no. 211, pi. 13).
Horseman.
21 Geneva H 136, from Greece. PI. 53,2. Swans.
22 Tubingen Watzinger, c 30 (2). Horse head and rosettes.
With the exception of nos. 15 and 16, the above may well be by one hand.
Isolated examples of this class have sometimes been spoken of as Corinthian,1
but their peculiar leather-brown clay, their unusual system of minor patterns]2
1 e.g. by Gardner and Buschor, apropos of no. i; aryballoi is unusual. It is found only on a particular
by Mayence, Kiister, and Watzinger, in publishing class of Corinthian aryballoi (no. 484 and ff.) and never
nos. 2, 10, and 22 respectively; Pfuhl cites no. 10 as on alabastra. The elongation of the dots above and
Corinthian (i, 116); no. 16 as Boeotian (i, 129). below the main picture into vertical strokes is
2 Cross-hatching on the rim of alabastra and another peculiarity.