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Vase Finds from Athens [on the western slope of the Acropolis], part 4.
7. Sherds of deep bowls with interior decoration (fig.21).
a.
Rim sherd (fig.21A); A segment is separated by incised lines, below yellow
hanger with incised wavy line, above white wavy line between yellow
stripes. At the top a yellow and a white dolphin are facing each other.
b.
Similar rim sherd; tendrils with leaves above and below the wavy line
separating the segment. Both bowls apparently had four such segments
decorated in the same way.
c. Shallow bowl wih interior decoration (fig 21B) Several
deep grooves engraved on the outside before firing, yellow star in the
middle, remains of yellow ornaments on top. The area around the foot
outside and inside burned red. Corresponding whole bowl in the
Heidelberg Archaeological Institute [15], reproduced here.
8. Rim fragments of cups or bowls. (p.71) (fig.22).
a. Rim (fig.22A) decorated with white
tendrils with yellow heart leaves and white dotted rosettes;
below, around the neck, with an applique volute band and egg and
stick pattern.
b.
Rim (fig.22B) decorated on top with white rosettes with dolphins over a dotted stripe with yellow and white spirals; below, around the neck, is an applique band of small rings with spirals
and palmettes in the spandrels, towards which dolphins are approaching
from each side.
Fig.22: Decorated Rim fragments
9. Handle fragment, beginning with a small piece
of the shoulder of the vessel (fig.23A). At the base of the handle is the head of
the bearded Herakles with the lion's skin; remains of yellow (p.72) and
white ornaments on the shoulder. The head, whose type is reminiscent of
that of the resting Herakles, still lacks the excited pathos first seen
in the related Herakles head Attachments of the vases from Bolsena
[16]. From a large vessel.
Fig.23: A: Handle fragment with sculpted head. B and C: Small jugs.
10. Small jug (fig.23B). H. 8cm. Neck chipped,
handle broken off. A yellow tendril with leaves around the neck, a fine
yellow band with hanging amulets (crosses and ribbons) around the body. Good black varnish.
11. Edge fragment of a skyphos of
the form illustrated under N° 26 below. Yellow bucranium with white
eyes and white forehead from which a white chain extends.
12.
Fragment of a small jug (fig.23C) of the form described under N° 3. Checkered
pattern and yellow squares on the shoulder; the belly was completely
covered with three-dimensional leaves overlapping one another like
scales.
13. Small bowl (fig.24A), half preserved, H. 6 cm, decorated
inside and outside. Inside in the middle a rosette engraved in one
stroke, at the top edge scratched egg and yellow dots. Net and
chessboard pattern scratched on the outside, arched frieze scratched
above with yellow dots.
Fig.24: Small bowl (13), Bulbous bowl (14) and decorated kantharos fragment (16).
15.
Fragment of a large lid, the middle of which is missing. It was
decorated with a surrounding white tendril with yellow volutes and
long, feathery yellow leaves.
16. Fragment of the mouth of a
large, probably handleless kantharos (fig.24C) , decorated inside and out. Inside
arched frieze with yellow spots, including two yellow and one white
stripe, also a yellow tendril with white spotted flowers and yellow
leaves. Outside white garlands bordered in yellow (p.74) with yellow
hangers. At the upper edge of the body, of which a small piece is still
preserved, a plastic band of spirals with flowers, towards which
dolphins are approaching from each side
17. Kantharos (fig 25A)_with
knotted handles (fig.25B) from Athens, h. 11.4 cm. Athens, National Museum
Inv.2355. Yellow ivy tendrils around the belly, above it the
inscription ΑΓΑΘΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ, painted white and now gone. Thick red paint on
unvarnished parts of foot; beautiful black varnish.
Fig.25: A. Kantharos with knotted handles (17). B. Beaker, upturned handles (18).
18. Beaker
with upturned handles (fig.25B), from Olbia [17] Berlin N. E. Inv. 3187 (formerly
in Bonn, cf. Arch. Anzeiger 1891 p. 119, 21). Height with handle 11.5
cm. On both sides garland with bobbles, above one garland the
inscription ΑΘΗΝΑΟ in yellow paint. Nice black varnish.
19.
Pyxis with lid (fig.26), height 7.5 cm, diameter 12cm. Berlin, catalog 2869. Yellow ivy
tendrils around the edge of the lid, on the upper side two garlands
with bobbles, separated by two tripods on portable bases, white filling
at the bottom of the tripods [18] Above one band is the inscription
φΙΛΙΑΟ. Chocolate brown satin finish [19].
Fig 26: Pyxis with lid (19)
20. Deep bowl from Crete (fig.27), height 10 cm; Berlin, catalog 2866.
Inside of the base, three youthful, probably female (p.76) heads in
relief. On one side a band with hanging small amulets, on the other a
band with bobbles; above this the yellow painted inscription φΙΛΙΑΟ In
the unvarnished incised lines on the edge, thick red paint.
Fig 27: Deep bowl with relief heads inside base (20)
21.
Kantharos from Gabbari, H. about 14 cm. In the Museum of Alexandria.
One handle and a piece of the neck (p.77) broken off. Around the neck
black and white checkerboard pattern alternating with yellow squares
[20].
22. Kantharos (fig.28A), height 15 cm. Athens, National Museum Inv.
2311. A tendril with yellow ivy leaves around the neck, three rows of
pointed spikes applied in the barbotine technique around the body.
Black Varnish.
23. Jug with a slanting mouth (fig.28B), height 11 cm. Athens,
National Museum Inv. 2319. Badly executed mask with a large mouth at
the top of the handle, a chain (p.78) with yellow bobbles around the
neck, above the yellow painted inscription ΑφΡΟΔΙΤΗE. Black Varnish.
Fig.28: A. Kantharos with pointed spikes around body (22). B. Jug with slanting mouth (23).
Footnotes:
15.
deep bowl. Dm. 17.5 cm, H. 6.5 cm, the lower part of the abdomen is
decorated with engraved rings on the outside. Inside in the middle
white star, enclosed by two engraved circles, opposite at the top two
yellow heart leaves bordered in white on white stems and two white
tendrils with yellow ivy leaves crossed.
16. Cf. Klügmann Annali 1871, 5 ff.
17. A
similar cup in Athens, National Museum Inv. 2357, from Anaktoroi. H.
8.5 cm. Yellow garland with hanging amulets on the front, garland with
yellow leaves on the back. Another, which comes from a grave near Olbia
and bears the inscription υγιείας above the band of leaves, is shown
Compte rendu 1896 p. 209 Fig. 59S.—I owe the photographs of the vases
in Berlin to the mediation of R. Zahn, permission for theirs
Publication R. Kekule von Stradonitz.
18
Tripods of this form already appear on Attic vases at the end of
the fifth century BC, see Stackelberg graves of the Hellenes, plate
XXIX.
19 Lid of a pyx of the same form from Athens in the
National Museum Inv. 2205. H. 7.5 cm. Yellow dots at the top, tendril
with yellow leaves scratched at the bottom, separated by a narrow strip
of dots. On the upper side branch with yellow leaves. Traces of red
paint on the unvarnished parts.
20. I saw a perfectly matching example in the Athenian art trade.
21
In the National Museum Inv. In 2221 there is a third skyphos of the
same form from Megara, with an incised tendril of yellow ivy leaves
running around its body. The two Skyphoi from Olbia in the Bonn Art
Museum, which Loeschcke Arch. Anzeiger 1891 p.19, 3 described, also belong here.
22
A very similar cup is in the museum in Alexandria: on the handles masks
with large mouths, around the belly yellow tendrils with yellow leaves.
23.1
Fragments of this type are also found among the Acropolis Sherds, among
which the handle of a large vessel, formed by a female winged figure,
stands out; on the surviving piece of the rim white wavy band bordered
in yellow. The wealth of forms in this genre is by no means exhausted
with the examples given above. From other forms I still know of a
cylindrical beaker with a ring handle that I saw in the Athenian art
trade, a skyphos from Acarnania (shape like Furtwängler's description
of the vase sanctuary in Berlin 297, but slimmer) in a private Athenian
collection, a small amphora in Berlin (Furtwängler 2871), the decorated
with checkerboard patterns and network on the shoulder, a kantharos
from Boeotia, (ibid. 2872) and three bowls from Boeotia (2873 - 2875);
also a bowl with a wide rim and high curved handles from Olbia (from
Comfite rendu 1896 p. 207 fig. 592); an ivy tendril runs around the
edge, over which the inscription ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ is painted. The form is a
further development of metal shells of the 5th century, see Compte rendu 1881 plate I, Fig. 2.
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