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THE ATTIC" Pn::l~ SALLY RUTHIE.FURD ROBEJtTS 0'
BOIh in shape and in ornament this piece proenls points of
similarity ~ith \'ases produced in the Penlhesilea Workshop and
certain significanl differences. The profile of the \'a~ e~hibits a
conca\e curw slrengthencd at the base and completed b) the
uutward curw of the lid. The foot is tripartite ~ith rounded
nOlches. Lid designs closely resemble those of Berlin 226 I (no. 10.
PI. 30.2) by the Vcii Painter.
The differences are as follO'o's: a pear knob rcplaces the usual
disk knob with cruwning bUllon. In all but ,lIle exanlplc in the
work of the Penthesilea Workshop the l'onCa\'e tun'e of the prolile
of the box is echoed by a conC3\'e curve of the fuul. There is a
sloping line which descends from the base of the receptacle Iu the
fool. In the Hesiod pyxis the base line of the reccptade rUIlS
horit.untillly across to the fool. Thi" detail may be dearly seen in
lIambidge's drawing,ll The Hesiod Painter is an outsider. 1101 a
PCllIhesilean: the \'as(' has been dated 460-450 B,e. by Bc:rzley.n
No doubl the roller who thrello' the vase was familiar ~ ith the lIoork
of his ncighbors. though not uf their ~orkshop.
CLASS OF OXFORD 19hIAtl8:'1 RANSITIONAl
I. OXford f96f.468 (ex Banisler Fletcherl. Pis. J6.J and J5.
H. 0.095. H. with lid 0.145. D. at rim 0.OS7. D_ of lid 0.125. H. of
foot 0.025.
Lid black hand. laurel IIorcath. black band. ray... /lilt/m", dot.
eoncenlric circle. lIoider concentric cirde.
Black glazed moulding. rescncd line abow frie7e: bdulI':
rescnl,