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MIDDLE CORINTHIAN VASES
B.
781-3
784
785,6
787
788,9
-f 790
791
792
792 a
793
C.
794>5
796
ALABASTRA
Most sixth-century alabastra are large vases; the
characteristic small unguent vase is now the ary-
ballos, though, of course, some of the 'early Corin-
thian' small alabastra will be later than 600 b.c.1
But the evidence of graves and sites is definitely
against the view that small alabastra were produced
in numbers in the middle period. I do not know of
any fragments of these vases from Naukratis. A few
late survivals are mentioned on p. 319.
Large vases (ht. c. 22-4 cm.), with bands of incised
patterns (scales or double verticals, or both) as well
as animals.2 Very coarse, broad style. The follow-
ing form the nucleus of the 'scale-pattern group'.
Nos. 781-5 by the 'scale painter'.
Delos (Dugas pis. 31, 32 nos. 452, 453); Athens
919 (C.C. 504), from Boeotia; Louvre L 168 (MNB
628) from Tanagra; Wiirzburg 206; Copen-
hagen (C.V.A. pi. 86, 2); Vienna, Hofmus. 188;
Hermitage inv. 2131; PI. 29,3. Carlsruhe 2685;
Berlin inv. 3182, from Thebes (A. Anz. 1891, 116,
no. 5; Schaal, G.V. in Frankf. Samml. 25 fig. 9; id.
Bilderhefte iii, pi. 9 fig. 16). Frag, with suicide of
Ajax (inscription p. 162, no. 9); Louvre A 435, from
Rhodes (Pottier pi. 14); Athens 973 (C.C. pi. 22 no.
512). Leyden, from Boeotia (Holwerda 54, no. 11).
Without figures (cf. the pointed aryballoi no. 802 a) :
Athens 975 and 976 (C.C. 513,4); Delos (Dugas
pi. 30, 428, 9); Taranto—two examples from an
early sixth-century tomb.
With a single group spreading over the whole surface.
There is reason to believe that some of the 'white-
dot style' alabastra mentioned on p. 285
also belong to this period, but it is
difficult to say precisely which.3 I feel
fairly sure about the following which are
decorated in a looser, weaker style, and
in certain cases (nos. 794-6, 8) differ also
in shape from the early Corinthian type.4
On mouth, neck, and bottom, tongues.
Fig. 138. Usually with bounding lines above and
No. 794&ff- beiow the design. Thick f.o.
Louvre CA 1796. Winged panther. British
Museum A 1400, griffon bird. Frankfurt (Schaal
1 Syracuse 192 (N.S. 1895, 130), probably dating from
the early sixth century, contained a small alabastron (see
on no. 745).
2 Panthers, lions (less common), sirens, stags, boars,
c. 600-575 B-C-
pi. 6, d), griffon. British Museum A 1407, frag. 797
from Naukratis, lion's head. Leipzig 30, winged 798
lion. London, Sth. Kensington 43. 66 and 1910. 799,800
2501, florals and eagles.
Without filling ornament. Very heavy, schematic
drawing as in the Chimaera plates (no. 1040 and ff.).
Louvre E 574, from Italy (Pottier pi. 42). Lions, 801
siren.
Brussels A 1071 (C.V.A. pi. 2, 12). Artemis with 802
swans. Middle or late Corinthian: note the softened
profile, and the leaf pattern on the dress.
POINTED ARYBALLOI
Mykonos. Two examples identical in type with the 802 a
alabastra no. 793. After no. 7, these are the largest
examples of the shape known: ht. c. 9 cm. to the
base of the neck (neck and mouth are missing); they
are also the latest.
ROUND ARYBALLOI
I,shape A.
Nos. 803-5 are obviously products of the same
workshop, probably the same which produced no.
482. They can be dated by the style of the out-
lined heads on the handles to the same period as the
Gorgoneion cups, i.e. to c. 590-80 b.c. (cf. fig. 35);
contrast Protocorinthian and early Corinthian out-
lined heads (pi. 27 and figs. 32-4).
British Museum 65. 7. 20. 19, from Corinth. 803
PI. 31, 5-6. Very finely polished surface; deep buff
clay. Red and white dots
on the chiton. Below, three
lines, whirls. FromArgos
(A.Z. 1859, pi. 125, 2, 2 a).
Evidently a replica of the
last. British Museum A
1042. PI. 31, 7-8 and fig.
139 (mouth pattern). Pale
buff clay, finely polished as
in no. 803. I know of no
other vase with the mouth
so decorated. For the loose dot-rosettes in the field,
cf. nos. 876, 1073, 4.
I do not feel certain as to the date of the next four
vases, which again are obviously products of one
bulls, eagles, rows of hoplites (nos. 791-792 a).
3 The vases nos. 433 ff. with very elaborate patterns are
no doubt middle Corinthian.
4 Note the bulge immediately below the neck (fig. 138).
Fig. 139. From no. 805.
B.
781-3
784
785,6
787
788,9
-f 790
791
792
792 a
793
C.
794>5
796
ALABASTRA
Most sixth-century alabastra are large vases; the
characteristic small unguent vase is now the ary-
ballos, though, of course, some of the 'early Corin-
thian' small alabastra will be later than 600 b.c.1
But the evidence of graves and sites is definitely
against the view that small alabastra were produced
in numbers in the middle period. I do not know of
any fragments of these vases from Naukratis. A few
late survivals are mentioned on p. 319.
Large vases (ht. c. 22-4 cm.), with bands of incised
patterns (scales or double verticals, or both) as well
as animals.2 Very coarse, broad style. The follow-
ing form the nucleus of the 'scale-pattern group'.
Nos. 781-5 by the 'scale painter'.
Delos (Dugas pis. 31, 32 nos. 452, 453); Athens
919 (C.C. 504), from Boeotia; Louvre L 168 (MNB
628) from Tanagra; Wiirzburg 206; Copen-
hagen (C.V.A. pi. 86, 2); Vienna, Hofmus. 188;
Hermitage inv. 2131; PI. 29,3. Carlsruhe 2685;
Berlin inv. 3182, from Thebes (A. Anz. 1891, 116,
no. 5; Schaal, G.V. in Frankf. Samml. 25 fig. 9; id.
Bilderhefte iii, pi. 9 fig. 16). Frag, with suicide of
Ajax (inscription p. 162, no. 9); Louvre A 435, from
Rhodes (Pottier pi. 14); Athens 973 (C.C. pi. 22 no.
512). Leyden, from Boeotia (Holwerda 54, no. 11).
Without figures (cf. the pointed aryballoi no. 802 a) :
Athens 975 and 976 (C.C. 513,4); Delos (Dugas
pi. 30, 428, 9); Taranto—two examples from an
early sixth-century tomb.
With a single group spreading over the whole surface.
There is reason to believe that some of the 'white-
dot style' alabastra mentioned on p. 285
also belong to this period, but it is
difficult to say precisely which.3 I feel
fairly sure about the following which are
decorated in a looser, weaker style, and
in certain cases (nos. 794-6, 8) differ also
in shape from the early Corinthian type.4
On mouth, neck, and bottom, tongues.
Fig. 138. Usually with bounding lines above and
No. 794&ff- beiow the design. Thick f.o.
Louvre CA 1796. Winged panther. British
Museum A 1400, griffon bird. Frankfurt (Schaal
1 Syracuse 192 (N.S. 1895, 130), probably dating from
the early sixth century, contained a small alabastron (see
on no. 745).
2 Panthers, lions (less common), sirens, stags, boars,
c. 600-575 B-C-
pi. 6, d), griffon. British Museum A 1407, frag. 797
from Naukratis, lion's head. Leipzig 30, winged 798
lion. London, Sth. Kensington 43. 66 and 1910. 799,800
2501, florals and eagles.
Without filling ornament. Very heavy, schematic
drawing as in the Chimaera plates (no. 1040 and ff.).
Louvre E 574, from Italy (Pottier pi. 42). Lions, 801
siren.
Brussels A 1071 (C.V.A. pi. 2, 12). Artemis with 802
swans. Middle or late Corinthian: note the softened
profile, and the leaf pattern on the dress.
POINTED ARYBALLOI
Mykonos. Two examples identical in type with the 802 a
alabastra no. 793. After no. 7, these are the largest
examples of the shape known: ht. c. 9 cm. to the
base of the neck (neck and mouth are missing); they
are also the latest.
ROUND ARYBALLOI
I,shape A.
Nos. 803-5 are obviously products of the same
workshop, probably the same which produced no.
482. They can be dated by the style of the out-
lined heads on the handles to the same period as the
Gorgoneion cups, i.e. to c. 590-80 b.c. (cf. fig. 35);
contrast Protocorinthian and early Corinthian out-
lined heads (pi. 27 and figs. 32-4).
British Museum 65. 7. 20. 19, from Corinth. 803
PI. 31, 5-6. Very finely polished surface; deep buff
clay. Red and white dots
on the chiton. Below, three
lines, whirls. FromArgos
(A.Z. 1859, pi. 125, 2, 2 a).
Evidently a replica of the
last. British Museum A
1042. PI. 31, 7-8 and fig.
139 (mouth pattern). Pale
buff clay, finely polished as
in no. 803. I know of no
other vase with the mouth
so decorated. For the loose dot-rosettes in the field,
cf. nos. 876, 1073, 4.
I do not feel certain as to the date of the next four
vases, which again are obviously products of one
bulls, eagles, rows of hoplites (nos. 791-792 a).
3 The vases nos. 433 ff. with very elaborate patterns are
no doubt middle Corinthian.
4 Note the bulge immediately below the neck (fig. 138).
Fig. 139. From no. 805.