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THE ATTIC PYxIS
SAllY KUTHE'Rfl1RD ROBEaTS .7
Lid: debased tongue and dot. laurel. black band, rcsen'ed petals.
Dot and concentric circle on bottom of receptacle.
GroO'·e. rtsen'ed band abo1le and belo.... frieze.
Painler of Bologna 417..... oman seated r.. on diphrO' looking
back at double door. to right a .....oman mm'ing r.. but looking back.
:1 Nikt.·. III the field fillets. sandals and t\lo"O kalathoi. For "tyle cf.
Oxford 1%IAbB (pI. 36.3) and Munich 2721. Jerome M. Eisenberg.
An of tlH'AIIl'iellt World I. 110. 17: Cm. ChriJ"til'. April JOand May
I, 11:J74. no. 178. 1'1. lb.
12. l\fiuissiflpi P IOH tex D.M. Robinson). PI. 43,2.
Knnh missing. about half the lid restored, H. 0,121. tutal H.
pres, 0.147, D, at rim 0,117, D. of lid 0.155. H. of foot 0.034,
Lid: debased tongue and dot, black band, laurel. black band.
reserved petals. Sidt, oflid: glazed .... ith cending preceded
by ;I figure in himaliun and t.....o running figures. the first one
fcmol\c \loith sakkO!> and chilon. Profile as in Penrhesilea Workshop.
Walllhicker than in Brauron 176.
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Around 4-W D.e. a different stage in the forming of pyxid~ of
t)-pe A bt..'Comes apparent in thc Penthesilea Workshop. The \'ases
an: of standard siLe and red-figure technique. There is no cvidence
that the production of while ground vases continued. The original
canon has been exaggerated but is the basis for these later \ases.
TIre canon prescribed a long body, a eonca\'c cun'e strengthened at
the ha~e. a tripartite foot with rounded notches, a disk knob with
cro.... nillg button and a fricze bordercd by Iinel>. III lhe later vases
the lOllnC3\e cllne is dra.....n in tov. ards the base of the vase and then
much inl'rea~ed. Compare the simple cun'e of Munich 2721 (PI.
Iq,I), \Iilh the more pronounced cun'e of Athens 1661 (PI. 40). The
cxaggeration of the curve necessitated a further change in the fonn
of a p:lttcrn border set belo..... the frieze. It usually consisted of a
deri\athe of the tongue pallern or egg and dot. In the exceptional
cllse "here l>uch a border was not employed the consequent
di"tClnion of ligural or architectural elements may be discerned. It
i~ p.micularly e\'ident on Lou\·re LP 2692 (PI. 42). The Iov.cr part of
tht: column has a distinct cun·e. E\'identl)', the painter sa.... the
csthctic ad\'antagc of confining the frieze to a rel3livel} Oat surface.
The le\c1 of care e\'idenced in the ponerwork ne\er reachel> that
achic\'ed in the first slage of the Penthesilca Workshop but remains
at the :lxcrllge le\el exemplified by Munich 2721 (PI. 19.1). The disk
knob "ith button rClaim the shape that \lo'as evoh'cd at th:1l st:lgl'.
The lid profile has changed slighlly. The juncture of Ihe base of the
lid .... ith the pot is \'ertlcal and suddenly slants out.... ard gi\ing the
etlcct 01 a l>light hook. Athem 1661 (PI. 40) sho.... s this tendency
\Iightly: ill London E 781 (PI. 44), the effect is pronounccd, The
ILlpartite pallern band deeoration of the lids continues. Pride of
\ll;h.'C i.. gi\en to the laurel .... reath. The paired lea\'cs are sloppily
~h;Jpl'C! and lie c1use along the stem. as in LoUHC LP 2692 (PI.
46 11. Hlal'k bands l'OIl1inuc to be used as acccllts. This stage
appc;\~ hi lasl llnlil around 420 B.t'.