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CORPVS VASORVM ANTIQVORVM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • FASCICULE 25 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, Fascicule 2 This page intentionally left blank UNION ACADÉMIQUE INTERNATIONALE CORPVS VASORVM ANTIQVORVM THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM • MALIBU Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection Attic black-figured oinochoai, lekythoi, pyxides, exaleiptron, epinetron, kyathoi, mastoid cup, skyphoi, cup-skyphos, cups, a fragment of an undetermined closed shape, and lids from neck-amphorae ANDREW J. CLARK THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM FASCICULE 2 . [U.S.A. FASCICULE 25] 1990 \\\ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA (Revised for fasc. 2) Corpus vasorum antiquorum. [United States of America.] The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu. (Corpus vasorum antiquorum. United States of America; fasc. 23) Fasc. 1- by Andrew J. Clark. At head of title: Union académique internationale. Includes index. Contents: fasc. 1. Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection: Attic black-figured amphorae, neck-amphorae, kraters, stamnos, hydriai, and fragments of undetermined closed shapes.—fasc. 2. Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection: Attic black-figured oinochoai, lekythoi, pyxides, exaleiptron, epinetron, kyathoi, mastoid cup, skyphoi, cup-skyphos, cups, a fragment of an undetermined open shape, and lids from neck-amphorae 1. Vases, Greek—Catalogs. 2. Bareiss, Molly—Art collections—Catalogs. 3. Bareiss, Walter—Art collections—Catalogs. 4. Vases—Private collections— California—Malibu—Catalogs. 5. Vases—California— Malibu—Catalogs. 6. J. Paul Getty Museum—Catalogs. I. Clark, Andrew J., 1949- . IL J. Paul Getty Museum. III. Series: Corpus vasorum antiquorum. United States of America; fasc. 23, etc. NK4640.C6U5 fasc. 23, etc. 738.3'82'o938o74 s 88-12781 [NK4624.B37] [738.3'82093807479493] ISBN 0-89236-134-4 (fasc. 1) © lggo The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California All rights reserved ISBN 0-89236-170-0 Typesetting, printing, and binding by Stamperia Valdonega, Verona, Italy CONTENTS PREFACE Vll INTRODUCTION ix ABBREVIATIONS xii III H ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED VASES III J ATTIC WHITE-GROUND VASES OINOCHOAI Plates 61; 62, 1; 64, 1-5, 7; 65,1-3 Olpai Plates 62, 2; 63; 64, 6; 65, 4-6; 66, 1-2; 66, 5-7 LEKYTHOI Plates 65, 7-9; 66, 3-4; 67-70 PYXIDES Plates 71-72 EXALEIPTRON Plate 73, 1-2 EPINETRON Plate 73, 3 KYATHOI Plates 74-77; 78, 1 MASTOID CUP Plate 79 SKYPHOI Plates 78, 2-5; 80, 1-2; 81, 1-2 CUP-SKYPHOS Plates 80, 3-4; 81, 3 CUPS Siana cups Plates 82-88; 89, 1-2 Lip-cups Plates 89, 3-4; 90-100; 103, 1-2 Band-cups Plates 101-102; 103, 3-4; 106, 2-3 Cups of type A Plates 81, 4; 104-105; 106, 1; 107- 117; 118, 1-2; 119, 1 Cups of types B and sub-A Plates 81, 5; 118, 3-6; 119, 3-4 Stemless cups Plates 73, 4-6; 119, 2; 120, 1-2 v FRAGMENT OF AN UNDETERMINED CLOSED SHAPE Plate 66, 8 LIDS FROM NECK-AMPHORAE Plate 120, 3-4 PROFILE DRAWINGS 77 INDEX of Accession Numbers 95 CONCORDANCE between J. Paul Getty Museum Loan Numbers and Accession Numbers 97 CONCORDANCE between Bareiss Collection Numbers and J. Paul Getty Museum Accession Numbers 98 INDEX of Attributions to Painters, Potters, Groups, and Classes 99 vi PREFACE With the publication of this second fascicule of the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum for the J. Paul Getty Museum, the catalogue of the Attic black-figured vases in the Bareiss Collection is complete. The volume focuses primarily on the smaller closed vessels and drink ing cups. It demonstrates very clearly, however, that size is no factor in the determination of quality. The consistent, confident taste that distinguished the selection of shapes and representations in the larger black-figured vases in the Bareiss Collection is equally apparent among these smaller vessels. As the experiences of the past year have proven, a catalogue text can be complete at only a certain moment in time, for an important vase collection is a dynamic entity that never ceases to grow and change. During the months that this manuscript was in preparation, seven new fragments of the Nikosthenic pyxis 86.AE.143 [pi. 72, 1-2) were identified. These have now been joined with the original large fragment and their descriptions are included in the entry. And by means of fragment exchanges with the Musee du Louvre, the black-figured fragment of a Nikosthenic neck-amphora rim [86.AE.186) published in fascicule 1, plate 38, 4, has been rejoined with the majority of the vase in the Louvre. In return for this and several other red-figure fragments, the Getty Museum has received joining fragments of three kylikes that will be included in later fascicules devoted to the Bareiss Collection of red-figure material. Since these joins were made by scholars before the appearance of the Corpus fascicules, we are hopeful that there will be more discoveries and exchanges forthcoming as the Bareiss Collection becomes available to a wider audience. The Department of Antiquities is grateful to Andrew J. Clark for his dedicated work on the black-figured vases in the Bareiss Collection and to Dietrich von Bothmer and Mary B. Moore for their indispensible guidance and support during the preparation of these first volumes. Marion True vii This page intentionally left blank INTRODUCTION This fascicule, the second of two devoted to Attic black-figured vases from the collection of Molly and Walter Bareiss, includes the following shapes: oinochoai, lekythoi, pyxides, an exaleiptron, an epinetron, kyathoi, a mastoid cup, skyphoi, a cup-skyphos, cups, a fragment from a closed vase of undetermined shape, and lids from neck-amphorae. The first fascicule published amphorae, neck-amphorae, kraters, a stamnos, hydriai, and other fragments of undetermined closed shapes from the Bareiss Collection. The neck-amphorae lids should have been included in the previous fascicule, but space limitations required that they be reserved for this volume. For comments on the format of the entries, measurements given for the vases, profile drawings, attributions to painters, and the exhibition and publication history of the collection, the reader is advised to consult the introduction to the first fascicule. Attributions not otherwise credited are my own. Wherever possible, the approximate capacity of each vase has been measured, and the results given in liters and in the estimated ancient equivalent, expressed in choes, kotylai, or kyathoi: l metretes (39.391) — 12 choes; 1 chous (3.283 1) = 12 kotylai (1 kotyle, 0.27361) = 72 kyathoi (1 kyathos, 0.0456 1). The equivalents used are based on those calcu lated by Friedrich Hultsch (Griechische und romische Metrologie, 2nd edn. [Berlin, 1882], pp. 101-104,107-108,703. RE, ser. 1, vol. 3, pt. 2, cols. 2526-2527 ["Chous"]), even though it cannot be proved that these were the standards current in Archaic Athens. Views of the undersides of the complete Siana cups and cups of type A are given to illustrate their overall composition. I am grateful to Marion True, Curator, Department of Antiquities, for the opportunity to continue the publication of the Attic black-figured vases from the Bareiss Collection, for reviewing the text, and for her guidance in bringing this fascicule to completion. I am also indebted to David Ebitz, Head, Department of Education and Academic Affairs, who released me from other responsibilities so that I could finish the manuscript. In the writing of this fascicule, Mary B. Moore, Professor of Art History, De partment of Art, Hunter College, City University of New York, was particularly instrumental. As chairman of the U.S.A. Committee on the Corpus Vasorum An- tiquorum, she accepted the manuscript for publication and vetted the text, read the galley proofs, and made valuable suggestions for revisions. In the introduction to the first fascicule, I spoke of the long-standing interest of Dietrich von Bothmer, Chairman, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in the collection of Molly and Walter ix Bareiss. Bo tinner's scholarship and unequaled knowledge of the Bareiss vases have substantially improved every aspect of this book. He read the manuscript and the galley proofs, patiently enlightened me on numerous facts and other matters, and made many corrections to the text. He also graciously allowed me to consult his photographic archive as well as his extensive correspondence with Mr. Bareiss, without which this fascicule could not have been written. Bothmer attributed the majority of the vases, and though many had not been previously published, the attributions were recorded in his notes or in letters to Mr. Bareiss. In addition, some attributions were made independently by both J. D. Beazley and Bothmer, as the latter informed me. It was Bothmer who organized the first comprehensive exhibition of the Bareiss Collection, Greek Vases and Modern Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss, held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from June 13 to October 5, 1969. With Jacob Bean, Curator of the Department of Drawings, Bothmer wrote a checklist of the exhibition, which included one hundred twenty vases and thirty-five European drawings. In connection with the exhibition, Bothmer published the first article to survey the Bareiss vases, "Aspects of a Collection," in the Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 27 (June 1969), pp. 424-436. In 1983, Bothmer's essay was revised and published, by permission, as "Walter Bareiss as a Collector" in Greek Vases: Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection (text by Jin Frel and Marion True; exh. cat., The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1983), pp. 1-4. In addition to acknowledging my debt to Marion True, I wish to express my gratitude to the entire staff of the Department of Antiquities for their help in the preparation of this fascicule.