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CATALOGUE OF LATE PROTOCORINTHIAN VASES
To judge by the shape, the following vases with
black polychrome decoration should be Protocorin-
thian:
35 A Munich 229-233; no. 229,fig. 10b. There are early
and middle Corinthian vases of the same type, but of
different shape and inferior technique (cf. nos. 745,
1105).
CONICAL OINOCHOAI
36 Syracuse (N.S. 1925.pl. 21). Neck frag. In centre,
stags facing (cf. A.M. 1897, 293, fig. 18 and nos. 31,
68,69,179); this group seems to be a speciality of the
37 Protocorinthian and Transitional styles.1 Syracuse,
from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii, 262 fig. 199). Neck frag.,
as before. In centre, part of lion or panther. These
fragments may be a little earlier than this period.
38 Berlin 3205, from Thebes. Handle modern; geo-
metric patterns on neck; on body, animals (below a
row of tongues and dots): goats, sphinxes, swan,
lion, boar. Perhaps early Transitional.
OLPAI
On the shape, see also p. 299. The earliest Proto-
corinthian type (nos. 39-46) is thick-set and bulky
compared with the Corinthian, which has a narrower
and taller neck. Johansen has already pointed out
that the Protocorinthian form is typologically the
earlier (p. 103).
A. The group of the Chigi vase, no. 39.
39 Rome, Villa Giulia, from Formello, Veii. Figs.
17, 29 b. (N.S. 1882, 291 ff.; A.D. ii, pis. 44, 5;
Ausonia 1913, pis. 5-8; Johansen no. 84 and pis. 39,
40; Pfuhl fig. 59; C.V.A. pis. 1-4; Merlin, Vases
Grecs, pi. 12; good photographs by Alinari, 41128-
30). Painting in two techniques: (1) white on black,
(2) black, brown, red and outline drawing, on light.
1, battle. 2, (in white) hunting goats. 3, horsemen,
chariots, lion hunt, judgement of Paris. 4, hunting
40 hares and foxes. Aegina F 29. Frag, from lowest
frieze, with lower part of a figure dressed in short
chiton, tucked between the legs (cf. the man in front
of the flute-player on no. 39); he stands between two
animals (stag and lion ?), holding a spear horizontally.
In style and technique (incised contours, brown for
flesh) identical with the last; probably by the same
41 hand. Athens, from the Argive Heraeum. PI.
8, 7 and 10 (A.H. ii, pi. 64, 2; Johansen p. 104).
Frags, in two techniques, as in no. 39. Johansen has
already pointed out that these fragments belong to
1 Early Corinthian, no. 494A.
2 On the shape see J.H.S. 1926,208 note 25. There is one
Corinthian example (no. 1140).
3 I mean of course a b.f. vase; every one knows that
the Chigi group. Candia, from near Zafer Papoura. 42
PI. 8, 1-6. From my own excavations in 1927
(J.H.S. 1927, 245). Sphinxes, lion or panther, bull,
lion, swan, goat, stag. Very fine drawing, precisely
as in the last, but the lion with less detail, and even
more obviously Protocorinthian. F.o. red and black
dot-rosettes. Above, very narrow tongues, and scale
pattern in red and black, with white dots. These
dots are a very rare feature, which recurs only on the
following: Vatican 80 (Albizzati pi. 6 and fig. 6; 43
Johansen fig. 56). Scale pattern in panel, closely
similar to that of the last. Berlin 1138, from Cor- 44
neto. Same type as last, but without white dots.
Rome, Villa Giulia (formerly Castellani). Black, 45
with polychrome bands and yellow volute ornament
on front. Bad varnish, but fine technique. Rome. 46
As last. Black: tongues above: no volute pattern.
Slighter shape, but still distinctively Protocorinthian B.
style.
Syracuse, from tomb 184. PL 10,3-4 (N.S. 1895, 47
129 fig. 78; Johansen pi. 45, 1). Three friezes,
bounded by polychrome bands as in no. 32.
Goats, sphinxes, bulls, lions, boars, dogs, panther,
doe, swan. Close in style to no. 31. The tomb,
which also contained a fragment of a kotyle, had
been used more than once. British Museum 48
A1009. PI. 10,5-6. Mouth and upper part of handle,
modern. One frieze. Tongues and scales (red,yellow,
and black) above the frieze. Bull, panther, boar, lion,
goat, siren, stag, bull. No. f.o.; no red on animals
(cf. no. 32). Below, polychrome lines as in no. 31.
Nine animals—eight different types; I doubt
whether there is a Corinthian parallel for this.
SQUAT OLPAI2
Munich 228 (S.H. pi. 11 and fig. 18). On shoulder,
red and black tongues; bull, lions, panther (? dog),
goat, stag, water-bird—all in rapid movement.
Hackl calls this vase early Corinthian, the next
Protocorinthian; the distinction is, however, imag-
inary. One could not want a better example of the
late Protocorinthian style, or a clearer contrast with
Corinthian; surely the onus of proof lies with any
one who wishes to place such a vase in the Corin-
thian category. Is there a single Corinthian vase
with six animals (five different types) all caught in
moments of swift action, with a stag, goat, bull, or
panther in the scheme here portrayed, with the same
restraint in the use of colour and incision,3 in fact—
there are subgeometric vases at all periods, without colour
or incision. In this instance note the typical Protocorinthian
rendering of the paws of the lion and panther (cf. pi. 4);
this rendering is absolutely unknown on Corinthian vases.
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CATALOGUE OF LATE PROTOCORINTHIAN VASES
To judge by the shape, the following vases with
black polychrome decoration should be Protocorin-
thian:
35 A Munich 229-233; no. 229,fig. 10b. There are early
and middle Corinthian vases of the same type, but of
different shape and inferior technique (cf. nos. 745,
1105).
CONICAL OINOCHOAI
36 Syracuse (N.S. 1925.pl. 21). Neck frag. In centre,
stags facing (cf. A.M. 1897, 293, fig. 18 and nos. 31,
68,69,179); this group seems to be a speciality of the
37 Protocorinthian and Transitional styles.1 Syracuse,
from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii, 262 fig. 199). Neck frag.,
as before. In centre, part of lion or panther. These
fragments may be a little earlier than this period.
38 Berlin 3205, from Thebes. Handle modern; geo-
metric patterns on neck; on body, animals (below a
row of tongues and dots): goats, sphinxes, swan,
lion, boar. Perhaps early Transitional.
OLPAI
On the shape, see also p. 299. The earliest Proto-
corinthian type (nos. 39-46) is thick-set and bulky
compared with the Corinthian, which has a narrower
and taller neck. Johansen has already pointed out
that the Protocorinthian form is typologically the
earlier (p. 103).
A. The group of the Chigi vase, no. 39.
39 Rome, Villa Giulia, from Formello, Veii. Figs.
17, 29 b. (N.S. 1882, 291 ff.; A.D. ii, pis. 44, 5;
Ausonia 1913, pis. 5-8; Johansen no. 84 and pis. 39,
40; Pfuhl fig. 59; C.V.A. pis. 1-4; Merlin, Vases
Grecs, pi. 12; good photographs by Alinari, 41128-
30). Painting in two techniques: (1) white on black,
(2) black, brown, red and outline drawing, on light.
1, battle. 2, (in white) hunting goats. 3, horsemen,
chariots, lion hunt, judgement of Paris. 4, hunting
40 hares and foxes. Aegina F 29. Frag, from lowest
frieze, with lower part of a figure dressed in short
chiton, tucked between the legs (cf. the man in front
of the flute-player on no. 39); he stands between two
animals (stag and lion ?), holding a spear horizontally.
In style and technique (incised contours, brown for
flesh) identical with the last; probably by the same
41 hand. Athens, from the Argive Heraeum. PI.
8, 7 and 10 (A.H. ii, pi. 64, 2; Johansen p. 104).
Frags, in two techniques, as in no. 39. Johansen has
already pointed out that these fragments belong to
1 Early Corinthian, no. 494A.
2 On the shape see J.H.S. 1926,208 note 25. There is one
Corinthian example (no. 1140).
3 I mean of course a b.f. vase; every one knows that
the Chigi group. Candia, from near Zafer Papoura. 42
PI. 8, 1-6. From my own excavations in 1927
(J.H.S. 1927, 245). Sphinxes, lion or panther, bull,
lion, swan, goat, stag. Very fine drawing, precisely
as in the last, but the lion with less detail, and even
more obviously Protocorinthian. F.o. red and black
dot-rosettes. Above, very narrow tongues, and scale
pattern in red and black, with white dots. These
dots are a very rare feature, which recurs only on the
following: Vatican 80 (Albizzati pi. 6 and fig. 6; 43
Johansen fig. 56). Scale pattern in panel, closely
similar to that of the last. Berlin 1138, from Cor- 44
neto. Same type as last, but without white dots.
Rome, Villa Giulia (formerly Castellani). Black, 45
with polychrome bands and yellow volute ornament
on front. Bad varnish, but fine technique. Rome. 46
As last. Black: tongues above: no volute pattern.
Slighter shape, but still distinctively Protocorinthian B.
style.
Syracuse, from tomb 184. PL 10,3-4 (N.S. 1895, 47
129 fig. 78; Johansen pi. 45, 1). Three friezes,
bounded by polychrome bands as in no. 32.
Goats, sphinxes, bulls, lions, boars, dogs, panther,
doe, swan. Close in style to no. 31. The tomb,
which also contained a fragment of a kotyle, had
been used more than once. British Museum 48
A1009. PI. 10,5-6. Mouth and upper part of handle,
modern. One frieze. Tongues and scales (red,yellow,
and black) above the frieze. Bull, panther, boar, lion,
goat, siren, stag, bull. No. f.o.; no red on animals
(cf. no. 32). Below, polychrome lines as in no. 31.
Nine animals—eight different types; I doubt
whether there is a Corinthian parallel for this.
SQUAT OLPAI2
Munich 228 (S.H. pi. 11 and fig. 18). On shoulder,
red and black tongues; bull, lions, panther (? dog),
goat, stag, water-bird—all in rapid movement.
Hackl calls this vase early Corinthian, the next
Protocorinthian; the distinction is, however, imag-
inary. One could not want a better example of the
late Protocorinthian style, or a clearer contrast with
Corinthian; surely the onus of proof lies with any
one who wishes to place such a vase in the Corin-
thian category. Is there a single Corinthian vase
with six animals (five different types) all caught in
moments of swift action, with a stag, goat, bull, or
panther in the scheme here portrayed, with the same
restraint in the use of colour and incision,3 in fact—
there are subgeometric vases at all periods, without colour
or incision. In this instance note the typical Protocorinthian
rendering of the paws of the lion and panther (cf. pi. 4);
this rendering is absolutely unknown on Corinthian vases.
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