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3 A black-figured ring-footed Aryballos, GJ in. high, intact, with a
picture of a fat man wearing a short chiton, dancing, between
a pair of sphinxes. Good Corinthian work, about 600 B.C.
4 Another, 4] in. high, intact, with a figure of a siren and a swan.
Corinthian of the same style and date as the last
5 A black-figured Tripod-Pyxis, 2] in. high, 4 in. across, chips of one
leg replaced but nothing missing, decorated with (a) a woman
seated spinning and a maid facing her—a rare subject in the
fabric, (b) and (c) sirens. Corinthian work, early sixth
century B.C.
G A black-figured Pyxis, spherical-bodied, with lid, 8 in. high,
intact. The body is decorated with two rows of animals-
lions, sphinxes, sirens, goats, deer, eagles, griffins, the lid with
another similar row, the knob with a whirligig ornament. The
mouth is supported by three female busts in relief. Found at
Corinth in 1866. A very fine example of Corinthian vase-
painting, about 600 B.C., particularly interesting for the link
which the busts give with early Greek sculpture. [Pl. I] 2
7 A WHITE-GROUND OINOCHOE, 14m. high, decorated in black
with details reserved and in red : intact. On the shoulder and
at the base, bold floral patterns; between them, a row of four
wild goats grazing; on the neck, a cable pattern. This vase is
published by Kinch, Vroulia, p. 202, fig. 83, and Rostovtzeff,
History of the Ancient World, pl. 57, 4, and is one of the very
finest examples of its class: Eastern Greek work (early
" Camiran" style), seventh century B.C.: see E. R. Price, East
Greek Pottery, p. 12. [Pl. I]
8 A Perfume-Pot in the form of the helmeted head of a warrior,
2^in. high, intact: pinkish clay, helmet and features black
with red, white, and incised details. From the Forman collec-
tion, no. 271. Eastern Greek work of the end of the seventh
century B.C., a very fine specimen of its class, the " Gorgoneion
class " : see Maximova, Vases Plastiques, ])1. 20, 79, and E, R.
Price, East Greek Pottery, pp. 37-8. [Pl, VIII]
3 A black-figured ring-footed Aryballos, GJ in. high, intact, with a
picture of a fat man wearing a short chiton, dancing, between
a pair of sphinxes. Good Corinthian work, about 600 B.C.
4 Another, 4] in. high, intact, with a figure of a siren and a swan.
Corinthian of the same style and date as the last
5 A black-figured Tripod-Pyxis, 2] in. high, 4 in. across, chips of one
leg replaced but nothing missing, decorated with (a) a woman
seated spinning and a maid facing her—a rare subject in the
fabric, (b) and (c) sirens. Corinthian work, early sixth
century B.C.
G A black-figured Pyxis, spherical-bodied, with lid, 8 in. high,
intact. The body is decorated with two rows of animals-
lions, sphinxes, sirens, goats, deer, eagles, griffins, the lid with
another similar row, the knob with a whirligig ornament. The
mouth is supported by three female busts in relief. Found at
Corinth in 1866. A very fine example of Corinthian vase-
painting, about 600 B.C., particularly interesting for the link
which the busts give with early Greek sculpture. [Pl. I] 2
7 A WHITE-GROUND OINOCHOE, 14m. high, decorated in black
with details reserved and in red : intact. On the shoulder and
at the base, bold floral patterns; between them, a row of four
wild goats grazing; on the neck, a cable pattern. This vase is
published by Kinch, Vroulia, p. 202, fig. 83, and Rostovtzeff,
History of the Ancient World, pl. 57, 4, and is one of the very
finest examples of its class: Eastern Greek work (early
" Camiran" style), seventh century B.C.: see E. R. Price, East
Greek Pottery, p. 12. [Pl. I]
8 A Perfume-Pot in the form of the helmeted head of a warrior,
2^in. high, intact: pinkish clay, helmet and features black
with red, white, and incised details. From the Forman collec-
tion, no. 271. Eastern Greek work of the end of the seventh
century B.C., a very fine specimen of its class, the " Gorgoneion
class " : see Maximova, Vases Plastiques, ])1. 20, 79, and E, R.
Price, East Greek Pottery, pp. 37-8. [Pl, VIII]
