Chigi vase

As a Protocorinthian Chigi Vase, black- pot is called ( a so-called Olpe ), which was made ​​around 640 BC. As a painter of so-called called " Chigi Painter ", which got its Notnamen after this Namenvase. It is 26.2 cm tall and is located at the Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome, after it was found in Veii ( Etruria ).

A special feature is the presentation: The shoulder of the Chigi Vase shows the oldest known depiction of a hoplite phalanx. Clearly visible are also the shields of the individual fighters that have, inter alia Gorgoneia, a bull and two bird representations. The meaning of these symbols is controversial. Further illustrations on the Chigi Vase show the Judgment of Paris, a cavalcade of floats, a lion hunt and a hare and fox hunting.

The Chigi Vase marks one of the highlights of the Corinthian vase painting through their polychromy ( true color ), its very precise and very fine lines and the stories depicted.