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LATE PROTOCORINTHIAN VASES
POINTED ARYBALLOI
Two or more friezes, separated by single lines (not
by groups of lines as on earlier vases). Tongues,
rays, &c, on mouth; rays at base. Filling ornament
chiefly dot-rosettes: occasionally, hooked spirals,
dotted circles, chevrons, zigzags, or incised orna-
ments.
C. 650-40 B.C.
doe, boar, &c. See Johansen p. 101. The shoulder
pattern cannot now be distinguished. Taranto,
from Leporano (Johansen p. 101, no. 70). Goat,
lion, swan between sphinxes. Known to me only
from Johansen's description.
6
7
8
B.
10
XI
12
Shm shape; on shoulder, floral garland of the type
shown in fig. 113. In the lower
frieze, coursing hounds.
Delphi (F. de D. v, 151, fig. 627;
Fig. 113. Johansen no. 60, pl.36,4). 1, grif-
fon-bird, goat, lion, bull. Ibid.
(op. cit. fig. 621; Johansen, no. 61). Frag.: sphinx,
lion or panther. Delos (Dugas pi. 21,151). i.goat,
lions. Brussels R 207 (C.V.A. pi. 1, 17; Johansen
no. 64, pi. 36,3). 1, sphinxes, ornament (modern?),
bird, stag. Syracuse, from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii,
327 fig. 241; Johansen no. 62.pl. 36,1). 1, lions, doe,
waterbird. Ibid., from Megara Hyblaea (Johansen
no. 63.pl. 36,2). Lions, bull, ram. No.f.o. Eleusis
(Johansen no. 59, and p. 100 fig. 54). Sphinxes, bull,
panther; known to me only from Johansen's de-
scription. Aegina (photo German Inst. Aegina 35).
Frag.: floral on shoulder, and part of sphinx.
Shape as before, but red and black tongues on
shoulder. Lower frieze, coursing hounds as before
(except in no. 11). [No. 9 is now at Oxford.]
Yonder Wreyland, Coll. of Cecil Torr, from
Rhodes. PI. 9, 2-3 (Sotheby Sale, 3, xii, 1885, lot
126). Mouth and handle modern. Athens, from the
Argive Heraeum (A.H. ii, pi. 66,12, and p. 147 fig. 9;
Johansen no. 66). 1, lions, boar, owl. Syracuse
(Mon. Ant. xxv, pi. 13; Johansen no. 69, detail
pi. 37, 5). 1, griffons, bird, goat. 2, lozenges and
rosettes. Berlin inv. 3258, from Sicily. PL 8, 9
(considerably enlarged). (A. Anz. 1893, 83 no. 6;
Johansen no. 65, pi. 36, 5). Four friezes: lion, stag,
13
The next five vases, nos. 14-18, are by one hand:
the first four have already been put together by
Johansen.
Boston inv. 99. 512. PI. 9,8-9 (Johansen no. 73, pi.
37, 4). Rome, Villa Giulia, from Caere (Johansen
nos. 71, 2, the former pi. 37, 1; Mengarelli, Studi
Etruschi, i, pi. 27, second row right and top row
left). On each, boar between lions. Syracuse.
PI. 9, 4-6 (N.S. 1893, 458; Johansen no. 68, pi.
37. 3)-
For pointed aryballoi decorated with patterns, see
on no. 478.
ROUND ARYBALLOS WITH FOOT1
British Museum 60.4.4.16, from Camirus. PI. 9,1
(Walters, H.A.P. i, pi. 19, 6; Johansen pi. 44, 1 and
p. 167). 1, boar between lions (cf. last four); 2, bull,
boar between lions. 3, as usual, coursing hounds.
Johansen excludes this vase from the Protocorinthian
category, but it is certainly by the same hand as nos.
14-17 which he admits.
ALABASTRA
The alabastron appears at Corinth comparatively
late in the history of the Protocorinthian style. The
earliest examples are a fragment at Corinth with a
battle, in the style of the Macmillan aryballos, and
the vase from Camirus, pi. 3, 3. These are both
probably a little earlier than the middle of the
seventh century.2
The alabastron is an oriental shape, and may have
come to Corinth direct from the East, for the Proto-
corinthian form retains much of the character of the
stone vases from which it is imitated.3 There are,
14
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17
16
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1 We probably have here a spontaneous revival of the
early Protocorinthian form (though of course with certain
features characteristic of the developed period—heavier
mouth and larger foot: contrast pi. 1,1); it is, however,
possible that there is some connexion with Phoenician ( ?)
faience vases of the type Longperier, Mus. Nap. iii, pi. 49,
6 (Perrot iii, pi. 5, centre; v. Bissing, Der Anteil der
Aegyptischen Kunst am Kunstleben der Volker, 61),
though there are various differences of detail between the
two types. For the later history of the shape, see on no. 643.
2 On the former, see p. 95; the floral garland and the
style of the animals on the latter are definitely in the
manner of the second archaic period (cf. pi. 3, 1-2).
3 Note, particularly, the perforated ear-like handles which
resemble the handles of Egyptian and oriental alabastra of
stone, glass, faience, and ordinary clay (though these are
often unperforated). I cannot, however, find any exact
parallels to the Protocorinthian form; Egyptian and oriental
alabastra, when they are not handleless (compare nos. 21,
23, 29), apparently always have two handles, not one, and
POINTED ARYBALLOI
Two or more friezes, separated by single lines (not
by groups of lines as on earlier vases). Tongues,
rays, &c, on mouth; rays at base. Filling ornament
chiefly dot-rosettes: occasionally, hooked spirals,
dotted circles, chevrons, zigzags, or incised orna-
ments.
C. 650-40 B.C.
doe, boar, &c. See Johansen p. 101. The shoulder
pattern cannot now be distinguished. Taranto,
from Leporano (Johansen p. 101, no. 70). Goat,
lion, swan between sphinxes. Known to me only
from Johansen's description.
6
7
8
B.
10
XI
12
Shm shape; on shoulder, floral garland of the type
shown in fig. 113. In the lower
frieze, coursing hounds.
Delphi (F. de D. v, 151, fig. 627;
Fig. 113. Johansen no. 60, pl.36,4). 1, grif-
fon-bird, goat, lion, bull. Ibid.
(op. cit. fig. 621; Johansen, no. 61). Frag.: sphinx,
lion or panther. Delos (Dugas pi. 21,151). i.goat,
lions. Brussels R 207 (C.V.A. pi. 1, 17; Johansen
no. 64, pi. 36,3). 1, sphinxes, ornament (modern?),
bird, stag. Syracuse, from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii,
327 fig. 241; Johansen no. 62.pl. 36,1). 1, lions, doe,
waterbird. Ibid., from Megara Hyblaea (Johansen
no. 63.pl. 36,2). Lions, bull, ram. No.f.o. Eleusis
(Johansen no. 59, and p. 100 fig. 54). Sphinxes, bull,
panther; known to me only from Johansen's de-
scription. Aegina (photo German Inst. Aegina 35).
Frag.: floral on shoulder, and part of sphinx.
Shape as before, but red and black tongues on
shoulder. Lower frieze, coursing hounds as before
(except in no. 11). [No. 9 is now at Oxford.]
Yonder Wreyland, Coll. of Cecil Torr, from
Rhodes. PI. 9, 2-3 (Sotheby Sale, 3, xii, 1885, lot
126). Mouth and handle modern. Athens, from the
Argive Heraeum (A.H. ii, pi. 66,12, and p. 147 fig. 9;
Johansen no. 66). 1, lions, boar, owl. Syracuse
(Mon. Ant. xxv, pi. 13; Johansen no. 69, detail
pi. 37, 5). 1, griffons, bird, goat. 2, lozenges and
rosettes. Berlin inv. 3258, from Sicily. PL 8, 9
(considerably enlarged). (A. Anz. 1893, 83 no. 6;
Johansen no. 65, pi. 36, 5). Four friezes: lion, stag,
13
The next five vases, nos. 14-18, are by one hand:
the first four have already been put together by
Johansen.
Boston inv. 99. 512. PI. 9,8-9 (Johansen no. 73, pi.
37, 4). Rome, Villa Giulia, from Caere (Johansen
nos. 71, 2, the former pi. 37, 1; Mengarelli, Studi
Etruschi, i, pi. 27, second row right and top row
left). On each, boar between lions. Syracuse.
PI. 9, 4-6 (N.S. 1893, 458; Johansen no. 68, pi.
37. 3)-
For pointed aryballoi decorated with patterns, see
on no. 478.
ROUND ARYBALLOS WITH FOOT1
British Museum 60.4.4.16, from Camirus. PI. 9,1
(Walters, H.A.P. i, pi. 19, 6; Johansen pi. 44, 1 and
p. 167). 1, boar between lions (cf. last four); 2, bull,
boar between lions. 3, as usual, coursing hounds.
Johansen excludes this vase from the Protocorinthian
category, but it is certainly by the same hand as nos.
14-17 which he admits.
ALABASTRA
The alabastron appears at Corinth comparatively
late in the history of the Protocorinthian style. The
earliest examples are a fragment at Corinth with a
battle, in the style of the Macmillan aryballos, and
the vase from Camirus, pi. 3, 3. These are both
probably a little earlier than the middle of the
seventh century.2
The alabastron is an oriental shape, and may have
come to Corinth direct from the East, for the Proto-
corinthian form retains much of the character of the
stone vases from which it is imitated.3 There are,
14
i5>
17
16
x8
1 We probably have here a spontaneous revival of the
early Protocorinthian form (though of course with certain
features characteristic of the developed period—heavier
mouth and larger foot: contrast pi. 1,1); it is, however,
possible that there is some connexion with Phoenician ( ?)
faience vases of the type Longperier, Mus. Nap. iii, pi. 49,
6 (Perrot iii, pi. 5, centre; v. Bissing, Der Anteil der
Aegyptischen Kunst am Kunstleben der Volker, 61),
though there are various differences of detail between the
two types. For the later history of the shape, see on no. 643.
2 On the former, see p. 95; the floral garland and the
style of the animals on the latter are definitely in the
manner of the second archaic period (cf. pi. 3, 1-2).
3 Note, particularly, the perforated ear-like handles which
resemble the handles of Egyptian and oriental alabastra of
stone, glass, faience, and ordinary clay (though these are
often unperforated). I cannot, however, find any exact
parallels to the Protocorinthian form; Egyptian and oriental
alabastra, when they are not handleless (compare nos. 21,
23, 29), apparently always have two handles, not one, and