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THE Arnc Pnu
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and the Quter border is composed or groups of two macanders.
each l:roup separated from the nexl by a four pointed star. Two
black bands set oIT the borders. The side of the lid has a laurel
.....reath with a narrow band of tungues belo",", It would seem
probable from the profile and patterns of this lid that it belongL"d
to a pyxis of the firsl stage of the I'enthesilea Workshop.
The second pallern group is more numerous Ihan the tint. In
this group of lids 3 prcfcrcnct= is shown for a laurel or laurel and
berry v.reath for the main band. Tv.o IKb exemplif} the careful
treatment noted in the first p3t1ern group but roll~iog this the
care ",,jlh y,hich the patterns h:l\e bt.-en executed has declined. 11
seems po'isihlco Ihal these examples dale from drru 450 D.e. The
arrangement of three conC't'n1ric bandJ> of ornament around the
ttnlral knob continues. The innermost elenlent is romposed of a
der;\'ath'e of Ihe tongue pallern. either debased tonguCJ>. tongue
and dOl. or line and dol. The outer border shows a greal variation
in motifs. no one pallern predominating. Thc use of one or t.....o
blu(:k band.. for a(:(:cntuation (:ontillue...
T~o of the ~h;te ground p)xidcs. Baltimore 48.2019 (no. H) and
Lou\'fc MNB 12H6 (no. 3. PI. 33.1). Ihe one b)' the Sothcb) p.. inter
and lhe olhe:- b)' an artist perhaps connected with him. sho~ the
careful execulion of pallern borders characteristic of the tirsl
group. A laurel wreath forms the middle OOrder. The central
seclion of lhe Lou\'rc lid b, misJ>ing. By analog)' "'ilh Baltimore
4H.2019 and olhers in "'hi(:h the stem broadens OUI into a base
raised aOO\'e lhe Ic\el of the lid. such a 'item base and accenlualion
belween levels ma), be reslored for lhe LoU\'re lid. The {'hoke of
macandcr and erns....quarc fur lhe outer boni.·r of the 1.... 0 1id~
conneClS lhem "ilh the firsl pallern group. Alhens 1288 (no. S. PI.
.1.1.2). h.llo a J>chclllc of decoration \'ery cloloc fO Ihal of Ihe LOLl\'fe. a
tongue and dol. a laurel garland .md 3n outer border of
interlocking maeander and dOlled cross square. The hasty
execulion of Ihe pllllcrns is markt:d.
Athens 2188 (no. 9). Munich 2721. Boston 93.108. and South
Hadle)' (no. 1.1. PI. 34.1). h;I\'e.1 \'arialll pattern of laurel and rai..ed
white berr)' for the main border. The laurel on Ihe Boston and
Soulh Hadle)' lids is tied at the ends like a wreath. Th{' outer
borders arc varied. debased tongues for Athens 2188. longue and
dot for South Hadley. double dots for Munich 2721 and a line and
dot band for Boston 93.108.
The lids of Vienna 3720 by the Painter of Lundon 0 12. Oxford
1%1.468 (PI. 35) b)' the pailller of Bologna 417. Athens 1591 (PI.
J-I.2) and Gene\Ca 10763 by the Group of Athens 1591 sho.... a hast)'.
ahnO§t mechamcal rendition of Ihe pattern borde~. Debased
tongue pattern frames the main pattern border of laurel on Ihe
Vienna. Mhens and Gene'·a lids. T~o plain black bands frame the
laurel pal1ern of the Oxford lid. fullu"cd by an outcr border of
rays. The shape of these pyxides !ieenlS tran.sitional and the) ma)
d~tc bet~ct'n 450 and 440 B.e
T"o pyxis lids. Honolulu 3598 (no. 15. PI. 37) and Athens 1741
(ml. 14. PI. ]8) are ornamented with a different principal pattern.
Lolll!> buds arc linked b) arcs ~ith dots set ahO"e and below in Ihe
spaces. The Honolulu lotus patlcrn is cardessl) executed and lacks
dOls anlOng the outer an:!Io. The outer pallern border is composed
of a Lig~ag line containing opposed triangles. This pallern
reappean in the border below the frieze. This coordination of a
pallern band on the lid wilh another on the box is unusual. The
chain border occurs again among vases of the Penthesilea
lolU~
Wo;kshop 11.
Before "e take Iea\e of the first Pcnthesileans. mention should
be made of a fine white ground pyxis in Boston. decorated by the
Hesiod Painter. a {'tllltcmporary of the Penthesileans but in his
slyle an outsider.
B{/~((", 98.887. from Eretria. PI. 34.3.
H. 0.107. H. with lid 0.176. D. ofJid 0.146.
Lid: black band. tongue and dOl. black band. circumscribed
palmelles. maeanders ill groups of six separated by cross squarcJ> .
black band. Sidt' ~(Iid: re"crsed rays. black band. 801lum: dol.
t"O concentric circles. and band. Black glaze moulding. while
groove. hlack line above frieze: be/v\\': three black lines and black
band.
Hesiod Painter. v.hite ground: Muses and ncatherd (Hesiod)
lopccial commission: ARV 774.1: CB. 1. pI. 15.37; PurulifJ()lt/etla
416.