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DECORATIVE METAL WORK 225
Louvre, from Corinth, fig. 100 (De Ridder, Bronzes Ant. du Louvre ii, 1862, pi. 89, and
1863). Lions and panthers; a few details engraved. Typical Protocorinthian style, as
in the first two sets of bronzes from Boeotia cited above. There are also some rosettes
from Corinth in the Louvre: op. cit. 1865, pi. 89 (Filow, Nekropole von Trebe-
nischte 102, fig. 119).
Delphi (Fouilles de Delphes v, pi. 21) From a shield. Mythological scenes, of developed
Protocorinthian or Transitional style; the long slender limbs and exceedingly archaic
features are unmistakable. On the inscription v. supra, note 1, p. 223. There are
several reliefs from shields without figurative decoration which may be mentioned
here as they have palmettes of the same type as the reliefs from Delphi: Syracuse,
from Granmichele (Mon. Ant. xviii, 154 fig. 10); Athens (?) from Bassae (Eph. Arch.
1910, 319, figs. 40,41); from Olympia (01. iv pi. 43, 762-5).
Bari,from Noicattaro (Gervasio, Bronzi &c. di Bari pi. 18). Chariot scene of markedly
early style, no doubt contemporary with the last. For the horses, cf. the Macmillan
vase, pi. 1,7, and for the chariot, Protocorinthian examples
generally.1
The matrix from Corfu has already been mentioned.
I cannot point to any early Corinthian examples of this
fabric: the following would seem to belong to the early
sixth century:
Bari, from Noicattaro (Gervasio, pi. 17; A.M. 1916, pi. 4);
From a shield ? Found with the crater no. 1199 and other FlG-10°- Bronzerelief from
vases. The figures lack something of the grace which onnt '
characterizes the earlier plaque from Delphi; for the group of Herakles and the
lion, cf. the contemporary group of Herakles and Achelous in pi. 34, 6 (p. 130). A
new feature is the heraldic group of seated lions which occupies one of the large panels
and the two triangles below the palmettes. This group, which occurs on a great many
other Argive-Corinthian reliefs, appears to be a Corinthian speciality: at any rate, the
only vases on which it occurs are Corinthian (cf. p. 69).
Berlin inv. 8629, from Greece. Fig. 101 (cf. A. Anz. 1904, 22). From a mirror. The
style of the female figure2 points to a date in the first half of the sixth century; also
the shape of the handle is definitely earlier than that of the mirrors in Athens dis-
cussed below. Originally plated with silver.
A mirror from Corinth, in the Louvre (de Ridder pi. 76, 1684) should also be men-
tioned here, though it does not belong to the Argive-Corinthian group. The handle is in
the form of a draped woman, cut from a sheet of bronze and finely engraved.
An important group, probably, as Furtwangler suggested (Kl. Schriften i, 410), to be
dated after the middle of the sixth century, consists of the following:
Olympia (01. iv. pi. 39). From a shield? Various mythological scenes.
Berlin (Furtwangler, Kl. Schr. i, 422 ff.). Mirror with ransoming of Hector.3
Athens, from Corinth (Eph. Arch. 1898 pi. 7). Fig. 102 a-b.
1 A distinctive feature of these is the division of the 2 Described in Fiihrer p. 72 as a bearded man.
sides into three compartments instead of into two, as 3 This mirror is probably rather earlier than the
in Corinthian chariots. The two forms occur on the next three: the handle is shorter and thicker in pro-
early Corinthian vase fig. 45 a; the first is not found portion to the disk, and the figures show many
elsewhere in the Corinthian period. The frontal rail archaic features, forming a clear contrast with the
is strongly distorted in the bronze relief (cf. p. 310). relief pi. 45, 4, 8 mentioned below.
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DECORATIVE METAL WORK 225
Louvre, from Corinth, fig. 100 (De Ridder, Bronzes Ant. du Louvre ii, 1862, pi. 89, and
1863). Lions and panthers; a few details engraved. Typical Protocorinthian style, as
in the first two sets of bronzes from Boeotia cited above. There are also some rosettes
from Corinth in the Louvre: op. cit. 1865, pi. 89 (Filow, Nekropole von Trebe-
nischte 102, fig. 119).
Delphi (Fouilles de Delphes v, pi. 21) From a shield. Mythological scenes, of developed
Protocorinthian or Transitional style; the long slender limbs and exceedingly archaic
features are unmistakable. On the inscription v. supra, note 1, p. 223. There are
several reliefs from shields without figurative decoration which may be mentioned
here as they have palmettes of the same type as the reliefs from Delphi: Syracuse,
from Granmichele (Mon. Ant. xviii, 154 fig. 10); Athens (?) from Bassae (Eph. Arch.
1910, 319, figs. 40,41); from Olympia (01. iv pi. 43, 762-5).
Bari,from Noicattaro (Gervasio, Bronzi &c. di Bari pi. 18). Chariot scene of markedly
early style, no doubt contemporary with the last. For the horses, cf. the Macmillan
vase, pi. 1,7, and for the chariot, Protocorinthian examples
generally.1
The matrix from Corfu has already been mentioned.
I cannot point to any early Corinthian examples of this
fabric: the following would seem to belong to the early
sixth century:
Bari, from Noicattaro (Gervasio, pi. 17; A.M. 1916, pi. 4);
From a shield ? Found with the crater no. 1199 and other FlG-10°- Bronzerelief from
vases. The figures lack something of the grace which onnt '
characterizes the earlier plaque from Delphi; for the group of Herakles and the
lion, cf. the contemporary group of Herakles and Achelous in pi. 34, 6 (p. 130). A
new feature is the heraldic group of seated lions which occupies one of the large panels
and the two triangles below the palmettes. This group, which occurs on a great many
other Argive-Corinthian reliefs, appears to be a Corinthian speciality: at any rate, the
only vases on which it occurs are Corinthian (cf. p. 69).
Berlin inv. 8629, from Greece. Fig. 101 (cf. A. Anz. 1904, 22). From a mirror. The
style of the female figure2 points to a date in the first half of the sixth century; also
the shape of the handle is definitely earlier than that of the mirrors in Athens dis-
cussed below. Originally plated with silver.
A mirror from Corinth, in the Louvre (de Ridder pi. 76, 1684) should also be men-
tioned here, though it does not belong to the Argive-Corinthian group. The handle is in
the form of a draped woman, cut from a sheet of bronze and finely engraved.
An important group, probably, as Furtwangler suggested (Kl. Schriften i, 410), to be
dated after the middle of the sixth century, consists of the following:
Olympia (01. iv. pi. 39). From a shield? Various mythological scenes.
Berlin (Furtwangler, Kl. Schr. i, 422 ff.). Mirror with ransoming of Hector.3
Athens, from Corinth (Eph. Arch. 1898 pi. 7). Fig. 102 a-b.
1 A distinctive feature of these is the division of the 2 Described in Fiihrer p. 72 as a bearded man.
sides into three compartments instead of into two, as 3 This mirror is probably rather earlier than the
in Corinthian chariots. The two forms occur on the next three: the handle is shorter and thicker in pro-
early Corinthian vase fig. 45 a; the first is not found portion to the disk, and the figures show many
elsewhere in the Corinthian period. The frontal rail archaic features, forming a clear contrast with the
is strongly distorted in the bronze relief (cf. p. 310). relief pi. 45, 4, 8 mentioned below.
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