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CATALOGUE OF EARLY CORINTHIAN VASES
285
380
381,2
383
383 a
384>5
386
387>8
389
390
ments—is probably to be referred to another source,
and may well imply close imitation of some particu-
lar fabric of textiles or embroideries. A good ex-
ample of the group, and one which suggests this
influence unusually strongly, is illustrated by Dugas
in Delos x, pi. 67 (no. 380 infra).
A style with so definite a character, and deriving
from such different sources, must have been in-
vented by one man: by the painter of the vase just
quoted, or one of his accomplices. That is fairly
obvious; precisely when it was invented is difficult to
say. Grave-groups tell us little,1 and we must rely
almost entirely on stylistic criteria—a dangerous
method in such a case, as we have to do with a man-
nerist tradition which may well be archaistic. In-
deed, there is a kind of artificial primitiveness in the
faces of the people on nos. 380-5 which recalls the
work of the Athenian 'affected painter'. There is
not simply in both cases an innate tendency to distort
for formal reasons, but a somewhat similar type of
distortion. The Corinthian vases are, of course,
certainly earlier than those of the affected painter,
but I should not be surprised if some of them are
later than they look, and belong to the first half of
the sixth century. At least one, however, the mag-
nificent gorgon aryballos, no. 600, must belong to
the end of the seventh century and there are many
others, both alabastra and aryballoi, which may also
be early. I therefore place the majority of the group
in the early Corinthian category, omitting a few which
are certainly later (nos. 794-800). The gorgon vase
just mentioned is by far the finest of the series:
indeed it is the only one which responds to close
examination; the others are better at arm's length.
Artemis holding swans: Delos (Dugas pi. 33, 450
and 451, and pi. 67). Louvre E 588, from Caere
(Pottier pi. 43). At the back, padded dancer.
Naples 304, from Nola (Mus. Borb. vi, pi. 56; A.Z.
1854 pi. 63, 6; Micali, Storia pi. 73, 1) (not a vase
with relief-design, as is often said). Yellow used for
details as well as red and white (cf. no. 600). There
is another at Taranto.
Boreads: British Museum A 1393 and 1398,
from Camirus. Cambridge 33 (Gardner pi. 3).
Cairo 26.166 (Edgar pi. 4). Louvre L 152 (Merlin,
Vases Grecs pi. 15, b).
Typhons: Brussels (Elite iii, pi. 31; C.V.A. pi. 2,
11); replica in the Hermitage (inv. 1391). Berlin
1007, from Nola (Gerhard, Ak. Abh. pi. 46, 2;
1 No. 608 a was found in tomb 705 at Megara Hyblaea,
together with vases from late Protocorinthian to Attic
black-figure: the tomb had received several burials.
Elite iii, pi. 32 b ; Rayet-Collignon pi. 4). Berlin 391
1008, from Corneto (Gerhard, op. cit., l.c; Elite
iii, pi. 32 a). Paris, Cab. Med. (C.V.A. pi. 14, 6 392
and 8) from Camirus. Double-bodied Typhon;
the same vase as Salzmann pi. 31 (Zervos, Rhodes
fig. 265)? Wiirzburg255. 392 a
Sirens: Syracuse, from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii, 188 393
fig. 144). Curious form of 'polos'; cf. no. 94.
A bronze ring for suspension still on the handle; cf.
no. 497. Berlin 1003. Delos (Dugas pi. 32, 442). 394, 5
Lions: Berlin 1000, from Camirus (for the floral, 396
cf.fig. 52 d). Florence, from Pescia Romana. Lion 397
with one wing. Berlin 1005. Wurzburg 233; the 398-9
lions very similar to pi. 19, 1, but seated.
Panthers: Wurzburg inv. 254. PL 23, 2. Syra- 400s1
cuse, from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii 188, fig. 144).
Delos (Dugas pi. 31, 444, 447, 8). Nos. 405-24 are 402-4
omitted.
Cocks: Berlin 1002, from Capua. Delos (Dugas 425-9
pi. 431-3, 435). Wurzburg 266 (floral as fig. 5213). 430
Florence, from Statonia (Boll. d'Arte 1922, 182 431
fig. 7). Paris, Cab. Med. (C.V.A. pi. 14, 11, 12). 432
Floral patterns: perhaps all middle Corinthian:
Louvre A 421, from Rhodes (Pottier pi. 14). Delos 433,4
(Dugas pi. 31, 440). Sirens at either side. Berlin 435
999; cf. fig. 60. Frankfurt (Schaal pi. 6, g). 436
Syracuse, from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii, 97 fig. 59). 437
Delos (Dugas pi. 30, 430). British Museum 438,9
A 1397, from Camirus.
Having disposed of the white-dot style, we can look
back and select from the remaining early Corin-
thian alabastra a group which is intermediate between
the small vases of group A and the white-dot group.
They are often influenced by the white-dot style.
The Gorgon-bird group; large vases, with thick E.
filling ornament:
Syracuse, from Megara Hyblaea tomb 501. Fig. 440
12. Gorgon-bird; at the back, lion. Found in a
two-burial grave with a pointed aryballos like fig. 8 a,
a small alabastron (no. 326), fragmentary silver
plaques, and bronze fibulae. Delos (Dugas pi. 31, 441
446 (early) and pis. 30 and 66, 445). Syracuse, 442
from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii, figs. 90, 96, and 107). 443-5
Florence, from Pescia Romana; siren. Naples 446,7
2991, from Nola; panther-bird. Leipzig T322; 448
winged panther. Naples 128496, from Cumae; 448 a
No. 383 a was found with Laconian cups (Rev. Arch. 1912,
92 ff.) of the early sixth century ( ?).
285
380
381,2
383
383 a
384>5
386
387>8
389
390
ments—is probably to be referred to another source,
and may well imply close imitation of some particu-
lar fabric of textiles or embroideries. A good ex-
ample of the group, and one which suggests this
influence unusually strongly, is illustrated by Dugas
in Delos x, pi. 67 (no. 380 infra).
A style with so definite a character, and deriving
from such different sources, must have been in-
vented by one man: by the painter of the vase just
quoted, or one of his accomplices. That is fairly
obvious; precisely when it was invented is difficult to
say. Grave-groups tell us little,1 and we must rely
almost entirely on stylistic criteria—a dangerous
method in such a case, as we have to do with a man-
nerist tradition which may well be archaistic. In-
deed, there is a kind of artificial primitiveness in the
faces of the people on nos. 380-5 which recalls the
work of the Athenian 'affected painter'. There is
not simply in both cases an innate tendency to distort
for formal reasons, but a somewhat similar type of
distortion. The Corinthian vases are, of course,
certainly earlier than those of the affected painter,
but I should not be surprised if some of them are
later than they look, and belong to the first half of
the sixth century. At least one, however, the mag-
nificent gorgon aryballos, no. 600, must belong to
the end of the seventh century and there are many
others, both alabastra and aryballoi, which may also
be early. I therefore place the majority of the group
in the early Corinthian category, omitting a few which
are certainly later (nos. 794-800). The gorgon vase
just mentioned is by far the finest of the series:
indeed it is the only one which responds to close
examination; the others are better at arm's length.
Artemis holding swans: Delos (Dugas pi. 33, 450
and 451, and pi. 67). Louvre E 588, from Caere
(Pottier pi. 43). At the back, padded dancer.
Naples 304, from Nola (Mus. Borb. vi, pi. 56; A.Z.
1854 pi. 63, 6; Micali, Storia pi. 73, 1) (not a vase
with relief-design, as is often said). Yellow used for
details as well as red and white (cf. no. 600). There
is another at Taranto.
Boreads: British Museum A 1393 and 1398,
from Camirus. Cambridge 33 (Gardner pi. 3).
Cairo 26.166 (Edgar pi. 4). Louvre L 152 (Merlin,
Vases Grecs pi. 15, b).
Typhons: Brussels (Elite iii, pi. 31; C.V.A. pi. 2,
11); replica in the Hermitage (inv. 1391). Berlin
1007, from Nola (Gerhard, Ak. Abh. pi. 46, 2;
1 No. 608 a was found in tomb 705 at Megara Hyblaea,
together with vases from late Protocorinthian to Attic
black-figure: the tomb had received several burials.
Elite iii, pi. 32 b ; Rayet-Collignon pi. 4). Berlin 391
1008, from Corneto (Gerhard, op. cit., l.c; Elite
iii, pi. 32 a). Paris, Cab. Med. (C.V.A. pi. 14, 6 392
and 8) from Camirus. Double-bodied Typhon;
the same vase as Salzmann pi. 31 (Zervos, Rhodes
fig. 265)? Wiirzburg255. 392 a
Sirens: Syracuse, from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii, 188 393
fig. 144). Curious form of 'polos'; cf. no. 94.
A bronze ring for suspension still on the handle; cf.
no. 497. Berlin 1003. Delos (Dugas pi. 32, 442). 394, 5
Lions: Berlin 1000, from Camirus (for the floral, 396
cf.fig. 52 d). Florence, from Pescia Romana. Lion 397
with one wing. Berlin 1005. Wurzburg 233; the 398-9
lions very similar to pi. 19, 1, but seated.
Panthers: Wurzburg inv. 254. PL 23, 2. Syra- 400s1
cuse, from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii 188, fig. 144).
Delos (Dugas pi. 31, 444, 447, 8). Nos. 405-24 are 402-4
omitted.
Cocks: Berlin 1002, from Capua. Delos (Dugas 425-9
pi. 431-3, 435). Wurzburg 266 (floral as fig. 5213). 430
Florence, from Statonia (Boll. d'Arte 1922, 182 431
fig. 7). Paris, Cab. Med. (C.V.A. pi. 14, 11, 12). 432
Floral patterns: perhaps all middle Corinthian:
Louvre A 421, from Rhodes (Pottier pi. 14). Delos 433,4
(Dugas pi. 31, 440). Sirens at either side. Berlin 435
999; cf. fig. 60. Frankfurt (Schaal pi. 6, g). 436
Syracuse, from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii, 97 fig. 59). 437
Delos (Dugas pi. 30, 430). British Museum 438,9
A 1397, from Camirus.
Having disposed of the white-dot style, we can look
back and select from the remaining early Corin-
thian alabastra a group which is intermediate between
the small vases of group A and the white-dot group.
They are often influenced by the white-dot style.
The Gorgon-bird group; large vases, with thick E.
filling ornament:
Syracuse, from Megara Hyblaea tomb 501. Fig. 440
12. Gorgon-bird; at the back, lion. Found in a
two-burial grave with a pointed aryballos like fig. 8 a,
a small alabastron (no. 326), fragmentary silver
plaques, and bronze fibulae. Delos (Dugas pi. 31, 441
446 (early) and pis. 30 and 66, 445). Syracuse, 442
from Gela (Mon. Ant. xvii, figs. 90, 96, and 107). 443-5
Florence, from Pescia Romana; siren. Naples 446,7
2991, from Nola; panther-bird. Leipzig T322; 448
winged panther. Naples 128496, from Cumae; 448 a
No. 383 a was found with Laconian cups (Rev. Arch. 1912,
92 ff.) of the early sixth century ( ?).