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    THE CLIENTS OF LACONIAN BLACK-FIGURE VASES Maria Pipl (L141 201-207) necent years there has bee significant progees ia ‘ur knowledge ofthe Laconan pottery ndusty. Since 4972, theyear when Conta tie’ fandamental wore onthe Laconian vase pantrs of thesxth cenury sc appeatedshenunberafknowa Laconia bladkgure ‘vases has increased considerably. Several important assemblages have been published, such s those from ‘Cyrene, Gravisca, olympia, and an Artemis sanctuary fon Samos! Ar the same ime, an impressively large amount of Laconan blacfigure has appeared onthe aemarket, bur these vases, to cutoff from thei on- textand sometimes of suspect authentciy00 ae ofn0 _leatuse tous, tbbe' book included 37 lackfgure ‘ase tributed to five main vase-painers and 3 fe ‘minor ones; supplement to this book which is eur rene inthe pres, inclades a9 new vases, thus dou ‘ling the known cusps, This increas inthe known material pariclalywelome in smal productions ke the taconian since we need 3s mich data 2 pos sibleinordertohave stately lisble gues ‘Asis wellknown, Laconian black igure vases have been found mostly ouside their place of production’. “Thechareat ig shows the dsrbaon of ll owen Laconia vases which have been aributed to partic= lar painer or workshop and ean thus be dated fly accurately 746 vases in total. Only 95 ofthese hat is, 77%, come from Laconia, which means thatthe "Laconia backigure workshops of the sixth entry ‘nc, produced their works primarily forthe foreign x subbesr ‘Gace 200; Same: Pp co 1 Ofehe sete in Sie tle ve sou be sub- traedstheragnvetsci noe sand yostenon gas ‘pears eprom eo tax: nos aon snd ate seen a eens om che ‘Seas inv stnaby the Nankai er De 98 ‘son ns} Relea 7 ons hane ‘ec Benasigel Cth Sie). ‘brother the fagentce oho and ply ‘igr- Caf on of aibrl acinar marker. First and foremost inthis foreign market, as ‘wesc inthe char, was theisland of Samos which had os ies with Sparta from ancl period. Some 70 Laconia lalefigure vases which can be atributed 0 2 painteroe workshop were found on thetsland thats, 423.6% ofthetotl Mostofthem belong othe second ‘quirerofthesinth century. and the wo main Leonia ‘vase pincers ofthis period the Navlats Painter and the Bowes Punter ate parila well epesented In faconeoutfthreeoftheserwo punters known vases ‘werefoxnd athe Samisn Heraion gs. 2-) "The fac thatthe Naukrats Pinter an the Boreads Painter worked lor fr a Samian lene may not be Inelevant wo the appearance of several East Greek de leg po epee inc inci fagmensct sts and a 4 Lame gat oe CL Se ein poingat ny Aliph nla of hi bas oom plc Sb Sh eased rts rich procter 1 Forte dri of acnian pottery eB, Naf i ‘Sitkeg6 66-8 emszr vn, 6 Fortheeseearlegen6 Nas shea 7 Slt sy 4a Acro the aden Sera Fei spre pine he eset pray ne Sed Manes arinhe mi eben 34) 7 ‘CAHIERS DU CORFUS VASORUM ANTIQUORUM ments in thei worl? On thee cups by the Naukrats inter wend pulettes with eparateleaes(pL )~ 4 rare type in Laconian which copies the ws East Greekrype(p-t.2)- and theres one other cup hy the same painter which has anextetioe decorated ike an Toniancup®, The division of the interior af the rypical Laconia cup into a main sene and an exergue, intro duced the Boreas Painter, ws probably copied from ‘East Greckeplates!, and che figured frieze running all ound a centel motif onthe interior of several cups bythe Naukrais Pinter and che Bosads Pate! 2 common East Greck decorative scheme Which oceuts ‘omcups and plates from an early prio. Two cups, one aconian, the other ast Gree showingahare-hant ntheirinerior(pl tts) aredecrated ina ery simi- Jarway, Here weshouli note thatthe onian cup ser than the Boreids Painter’, soe could maintain that he influence For this particule seene went she oer vey ona, but we should nt doubt chat the Breads antcr was using a decorative scheme popular inthe ast. Finally, {have argued elsewhere thar the enig- maticsmall winged daemons, on ofthe most charac ‘ernie features of achaietaconian iconography, were ‘inspired by eastern models, since winged creatures of allcind were populain the East from anealy period. “These daemons wete probably inuoducedimoLaconian bythe Nnukrats Pincers (p13) and wereadopted by limorall his successors, the Atkesils Pinter the Rider Panes che Hus Painer and the lard Piesson Painter”. On an ioncizng Laconian chalice found secenly ina votive deposit fan Artemis sunctsy on 1 Forks Grekinfocces ine Nav iter woe Setontcoey milling 885 hears Paes optionaffoGeckmet velar it thors ‘oe inated tte as, slog been tie ee farsa mith 53.99) 1 Steir ose ¢~s(ethe peat palnets, ‘id artypeno 9) Ce aosomea eons Paar palmees io 9 Sutbesas-nal np. te Sener, 7wnsgst anette 1 Satins ue sbei7n.p. mp) hee Llane spa aes th 4 Lesa ental Sibeys a a on9 (hoondstasighore) herp Lsna tf homes ms pasate) 46Hunze-Gaet 2000 25.08 ‘Spl ey (denim ub Lane ssp sb ous ann steer sas sons, 66 des Botan Soneven-ey dpe tase, 1 Looe Et sie tay ans p40 15 Soe se om hc Hern ileo46 i. pa Ghraib of acne ons abd he inka ter Fig Charo dsibatin f Lenie sbte e ae aer Samoswehavearowofsuch winged daemons (pL 1) asin the frieze running around the central rondo of ‘3 Fikellcacup fom the Samian Hersin# (pl). Tsien donned Seon 1s Fives. 2 Te ewe ct ie pier oningseion [sbern, e y—inoe Shesleckonuntrat nett ciwagcanee felines mes gr oo Eres tapmcne whales tee hn deine rncpldoneibr to en ‘Shock ortakwncepatin ears a ite ner sie wm. = gk 97989 posthoc ttteine ster es ‘Seterstgion; nn sostedeh re omneo Gctshen mcrae skeen Fanon ps neon ie Serta omen Sth ding rinses ss Pps atone ses 2 tlhectaplioneaa is ‘THE CLIENTS OF LACONIAN BLACK-FIGURE VASES 7 ‘Unforcunately here arefew East Greckvases desorted with such dacmons®, and moscof them are ater than ‘he Naulats Paint’ works, but weshould no doubt ‘tharchemotf,whichisunknownto AsticorCoriathian potreryofthevine, san oriental one Wemst suppose ‘tha there were oer prototypes apart from vases, ke wall- paintings, wooden panels ocloths oso ustaday, which inspired the Laconianarists. “There should be no doubr thatthe Laconia vase= paintersused eastern decorativelements in their work Inordertoconform to thetaetsof thee Saman cien \Weshould also note here that several Laconia vases {romthe Hersion samt havebeen intended fom the sarttobeused or dedicated inthis particular sncta- any. Therearefragmentsby the Naukrais Pater ich ‘belonged o what musthaveboensplendid lear dinat and sands, Such vasesby the Nauka Painter are not tobe found elsewhere, so we are entitled to think thacthey were commissioned by rch Samian customer. ‘And there areal vases decorated with pecialaubjects ‘which are appropriate for this sanctuary. The most ‘harateristicoftheseiethefamousimealinanopen ait sectngby the ress Paine (pl), presumably smealon amossincthereare Eas Grekclementshere, like the oriental mitra worn bythe woman or the fact, thatthe guresarelyngon matresseon the ground. “he quantity of early Laconian back igure from amos, together with ts exceptionally high quality and special character, indicates tha these vases were nocessual purchases made by rasitships~Samian or ‘ocher-pastngalongthe coastof Lacon, They merecet= ‘ainlypartofanactveegularcontactherween the Wo areas although wecannottell whether he tavelleon ‘Samian ships (something very probable in vew of the dominant position of Samia tradesin the Aegean at ‘hatime)!*oron the ships fothererdingstates, such ss hokaiaor Aegina, oif they were arid by the pro- 20 Sep 98,8. the cea ced tee we shoul yng winged dron who poly bell wresth in restndedhandson scat publ ikea ocrogmee Tens ear 69} (wrongly described thre smal pin. 2 Sbesaa non sn ere ngmenain ean 4-6 p05 22 forsdacunion ofthese perl ene which ee ohine ‘en madefr chaps els, 86 piso. 7 5 Samos Kt Risa Kae and Belin 76, foe Sib ‘gpa st ple fly 4 14 Forthsvien mesmongthe kraze Acer themselves Weshoul also notexcadethe pot sib that some alestoftheeraseswere produsedon Samositsl pechaps with imported cla2® Ais prb- sbiptevelle around much morethan weusuall think. Samos was very ich place in tesecond quarter ofthe sixth century, andthe Heraionalorishing sanecary, soitwould havebeen profitable for vase uinterstowork ‘here at times, chats, when thedemand for vases was steshighest pong, probably onceayear atthe odes? fesval-Once thevase-paintrs knew what theirclens ‘wanted, heymay nell haveilled commissionsehrough supplies who served chi particular sancuary. Inthe yearsaround ss08-. theresadramavcredue- sion of LaonianvascsattheHersin.Inthescond qua terofthesinth century 28% ofthe aeibued Lconian ‘ates went othe Heron, but inthe third quarter of the century only 7%, areduction which does not occur inmost other ates which reevedLaconian ass ike and Gress, Etruria, Taran, Sil orCycene 38 we seein the chat fg, 4- Irs crue that themidle of thecenturysestheendofthecaeeofthethree east Laconian ase painters whoseworkappeared roquenly st the Herson ~ the Naukrats Painter, the Boesds Painter and the Askesilas Paine bat one wonders whythere were no otherscotake thei atthe Heron do notshow any dcreaseathough:beit _ualicyislower chan inthe previous period” Thisdrop intaconian on Samns hasbeen explained asthe result ‘of major crisis in the trade relavions beween sparta and Samos inthe years around sso as reflected in ‘Herodota accountofto Samianacsof pracy against Spar Iwas, therefore, a surprise to find many Lacenian sasesdatngfromthe third uacterofthesithcencury inavorivedepost ofsancuary of Artemisdiscovered sone years gojustoutside the western cy wallsofthe ancientcityafSamoe™®, MostoFtheLaconianaseswere 2 Carddge oa, agus that “he fing expt of Tacolanpoxerybetenen ssandsgo. ges) ‘sn the proton Tro at leis http wee hemos ey exporters 16 FrinaneLacnsnpotesand panes at Falstiogasiy 2 See he ctu a ear oan er cocoa 8 poss 4. NA os sebe9E. 75-74. rade sunt ois deanery ekg or ‘he Lacan pero te apes Ppl 0 Theses ‘dere enon ample n ‘CAIIERS DU CoRPUS vAsORUM aNTIQHORUM <— Siem Fig 4 Ghat dving the ae equa of orb [tonnage en Gren Tata Sk (Geese and thd useable inhemanner ofthe Hunt Painter, mainly cupsorchal- ieesinan exellent miniture styl of dawing (pL. 35 Vas2} The chalie~acylindial vessel with no han- dle and high fot iss rare shape which wasknown uns now only from rwo examples from the neschy Samian necropolis~one Laconia by the same work- shop which produced the Arremisionchalices,the other EastGree?® Thistypeof esse had apparently ritual useand was decosted appropriately wih elgiouspro- cessons(p- Vs, 2)-Hereitisevn more obvioasthan in the ease ofthe Heron that these Lconian vases were made specifically fr che needs ofthis pavcular sane- tary. The Laconian vases from the Arcemision date ‘mainly fom the prio s40-sas.c. which shows that, ‘whether ros here wasacrssin the trading lations between Sparta and Saas around sso mc, there was nevera breakin the presence of Lacoianpotteryon the sand. The question arises why thers thisgreat reduc ‘ionofLiconianattheHerion when tisfoundinsome quankley no faraway, at te Actemision, especialy iF sve take into ecount the popalaity thatthe Laconia pottery had enjoyed atthe Heralon in che second quar- terof the sth century. The only possible explanation isthar there was no demand fr Laconian vases at the ‘eraiomany more. TheLaconianvasesby the Naukratis and the Boreads Painters some of which were of qual- lay earely reached aver were probaly very popular with 2 particular lene (posibly the Samian aristocrats ‘who had links with Spares an seem co have delighted in things Laconian), Thesis of Polykraes to powerin 0 Forte cals fom he pote nde ew examples -nownatoow.seeiplaoa, 5 ‘the sos probably estretd this aristocracy and its primary role in the Heron. Wecannor but note that the Attic vases dedicated therein the chind quarter of ‘the century are of2 much lower quality than theextir vases. And apar from what has sometimes been main- tained, there does sem tobe s breakin monumental sculpeure ache Heraion as well. In this new situation the main Lacoaian blaciguee workshop ofthe ime, that ofthe Hunt Paine, turned to anocher ssnctu. ay, thacof Aremis, which probably flourished under Pobratesand where there was big demand forrieual vases ofa special form and decoration. This workshop spxilizedin miniatareworkssincethechalces which swerethe main shape there were decoste wit riezes ofea.3-4emhigh-Aseslierat the Hersion, it was the ‘liens who imposed the type of vases and decoration tharthis workshop produced ‘Tis concentration of works bya particular pater cor workshop ara particular sanctuary which suggests mor ditectconnecton between the producer and his liems-for instance, chat cherewasan intensive trade contact between che rwo ot tae the ais worked on ‘he spo, or hada role in the export oftheir vasce-is not something unusual for Laconian blackigur. Ie ‘occursalss, 25 we shall seein three other places where Taeonian has heen found in some quancity 2nd which, ass the case with Samos hada special relationship ‘vith Sparta Taranto the only Sparta colony in the ‘West, Cyrene with dhe foundacion of which Sparta was {volved accondingtoradiion and Olympia which was ‘elacvely sero home forthe parcansandalsoa place where they hada prominent role ‘Olympia where Aticand Corinthian blckfiguteis either numerous nor of high quality, has produced a good number of aconian, some oft af excellent qual- ity dating fom the second and third quarter of the sath century, Mosnteesting het is the presence of fir rumber of works from the years around $20 ‘nc, 2 time when Laconian black igue is extremely sare outside Laconia tse These ate by the aia art fats ofthe atest period of Laconia blackfigure, the (Chimaera Painter, the Cyrene Pinger and the recenely recognized Olympia Painter, whom Erika Kunze- (Goce seas as working ina single workshop which she cal “Die Reformwerkstate™, Two cups from {this workshop show the divin couple worshipped at 1 TheLaconin ate fam Olympian en ple nas ‘exnlary manner by Kunz-Goette oo, 1 Fortheworahop. et ange Gt 04 lyn, Zeus and Her and igure sanding before ‘hem, probably worshipper (p- Vs, 2). These cups along to an nesting seri of Laconia ce made specflly for dedication which show a seed deity approached by worshippers, Such votive cups also curt Sumo, Nastia Cyrene, and as arse cancel he dis represented wee alin accodance ich hose worshipped ateach lc. Theses stats carly in Laconian blac, and one ofthe earliest suchcups bythe ores Paine, comesfrom Olmpia (ol vita sonchelefechereisancothrond gure, pe- sumably Zeus cowards whom worshippersarecoming Sa Olympia to, several f the Laconia vases were specially made w be delicate there Asin thecas of ‘the Sumian Heraion, we should suppose thar the vases

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