[1077]. On the ornamental patterns typical of this group, see Thiersch, Tyrrhen. Amphoren, p. 69 ff.

[1078]. Cf. the

(Ζδεύς) on E 852 in the Louvre; and see Chapter [XVII].

[1079]. M. Reinach, in a recent article (Revue des Études Grecques, 1901, p. 127 ff.), maintains that the vases with this subject are of Megarian origin. See also Arch. Zeit. 1876, p. 108 ff.

[1080]. See for fuller discussion J.H.S. xviii. pl. 15, p. 282.

[1081]. See on the subject of these vases generally, Dumont-Pottier, i. p. 329 ff.; Jahrbuch, 1890, p. 237 ff.; J.H.S. xviii. p. 283; Pottier, Louvre Cat. ii. p. 564; and above all, Thiersch, Tyrrhen. Amphoren (1898).

CHAPTER VIII
VASE-PAINTING IN IONIA

General characteristics—Classification—Mycenaean influence—Rhodian pottery—“Fikellura” ware—Asia Minor fabrics—Cyrenaic vases—Naukratis and its pottery—Daphnae ware—Caeretan hydriae—Other Ionic fabrics—“Pontic” vases—Early painting in Ionia—Clazomenae sarcophagi.

Having traced the history of vase-painting in Greece Proper down to the middle of the sixth century B.C., the point at which a tendency towards unification of style becomes perceptible, we must now turn our attention to the remains of the art on the other side of the Aegean, among the representatives of the Ionian race and in the centres of Ionian influence. To a certain extent it is difficult to treat the subject at all in a handbook, as, owing chiefly to want of material, the existence of an Ionian school of vase-painting has only been realised of late years, and it is as yet too early to sift proofs from theories, or to give a succinct and systematised account of the development and achievements of this school. The most that can be attempted is to present the reader with a review of the accumulated materials, and to point out what groups of vases may be regarded as exhibiting “Ionian” characteristics, or at all events such as permit of their being connected together.[[1082]] It must be borne in mind that some of these fabrics, such, for instance, as the Rhodian wares, have not actually been found in Ionic settlements; in other words, the name Ionian is to be applied to certain styles or schools, in the main associated with that race, apart from considerations of ethnography.