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. In the later phase of the Wild Goat style, Northern Ionian artists imitated Corinthian vases, if rather poorly. Ionia had been producing high quality pottery already since the 7th century BC. Since about 600 BC, the black-figure style was used to decorate all or part of vases. Apart from gradually developing local styles (e.g. at Clazomenae,

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, Miletus,

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and

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), especially northern Ionia developed a variety of distinctive styles, the locations of which cannot be asserted at present. Perfume vessels based on the Lydian '' lydion'' shape, decorated merely with stripes, were widespread. Some of the images are highly original, such as a

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with a Bactrian camel, or a

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with a ram. For some styles, the allocation to regions is highly disputed. Thus, the Northampton Group shows a strong Ionic influence but was probably produced in Italy, perhaps by Ionian immigrants.See

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: ''Griechische Vasenmalerei'', thesis, Stuttgart 2002, p. 81f.; Matthias Steinhart: ''Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei II. Ausserattisch'', In: Der Neue Pauly, vol. 11, cols. 276-281; John Boardman: ''Early Greek Vase Painting'', Thames and Hudson, London 1998, p. 141–151.

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: ''Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einführung''. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 81f., 90-94, 134f.. . * Matthias Steinhart: ''Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei II. Ausserattisch'', In: Der Neue Pauly, vol. 11, cols. 276-281 {{Greek vase painting Ancient Greece in art and culture Ancient Greek vase-painting styles Early Ceramics in Anatolia