Corpus vasorum antiquorum - The University Museum - Philadelphia. South Italian Pottery, Part 1 - Fascicule 1 - [ USA - fasc. 22 ] .

Very good condition for age - Besitzvermerk von Gertraud Hornbostel auf Vorsatz / Ownership note by Gertraud Hornbostel on endpaper - Preface - The first fascicule of the South Italian pottery in The University Museum contains most of the Apulian pottery: red-figured closed shapes, Gnathia, black-glaze and native wares. Apulian red-figured open shapes will follow in another volume together with the Lucanian and the Campanian. Non-Apulian Gnathia is not included here, with the exception of the olpe ( L-64-198, Plate 35 ) , which, though probably manufactured in or near Rome, was decorated by a painter in origin Apulian, and of the oinochoe ( L-29-16, Plate 34, 5-6 ) , which may well be Lucanian but under strong Apulian influence. -- Throughout the fascicule, wherever it seemed reasonable, I have related the description of the clay to one of the four categories first outlined in Arch�ogischer Anzeiger 1977, 559ff- A is worth remembering that these are broad categories, and many variations can be found within each. -- I Smooth well-levigated orange-buff clay, sometimes with small white particles but no noticeable mica; more orange than Attic. It is usually taken as Tarentine. -- II Pale, at times almost white, rougher clay, sometimes with small dark grits; rarely any noticeable mica. It is associated with the area of Messapia, but it could well extend quite close to Taranto. -- III The vase is made of clay II, but the whole, or in some cases the upper part only, is then given a coating by dipping in clay I. The effect is often to make the vase look as if it were made of category I, and although this may have been the intention, one may also observe that the glaze tends to adhere better to the orange (I) than to the pale clay ( II ) , so the purpose in applying the orange coating may have been just as much technical as aesthetic. - IV Rather hard and fine pale brown clay, in some cases slightly rough on the surface; there is usually a noticeable amount of fine mica. It is associated with the northern districts of Apulia, and is closely comparable to that used for Daunian. ISBN 0878460659