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FIRST VASE ROOM.
Dionysos and a Satyr; No. 180 represents a Satyr and a
M scnad. Ihdcf.
The vases with red figures as yet described are principally
from Vulci, Canino, and Cervetri, in Etruria.
Cases 87 to 46 contain a series in the same style and a
number of plain black vases found at Nola in Campania. The
fictile ware front this place is celebrated for the brilliant lustre
of its black varnish, the elegance of its forms, and the refined
beauty in the choice and treatment of the subjects. Among
the most beautiful specimens of these vases are the following
—No 151 (Case 45), representing Eros hovering
along the ground, with arms outstretched to catch a hare.
No. 152 (Case 46 ), Eros trundling a hoop. No. 153 (Case 45),
Hermes listening to Apollo playing on the lyre. No. 154
(Case 45), a youthful warrior, on whose shield is the device
of a bull.
No. 181, on Table Case L, is a representing
Orestes led bv Ares and Hermes to the presence of a seated
veiled female figure: behind him, Athene, resting her left hand
on a winged wheel : rev. Orestes, having killed Neoptolemos,
who falls into the arms of Thanatos (Death), takes refuge on
the altar of Apollo. He is bitten on the shoulder by a serpent,
the symbol of the Furies : on the right is a tree and an ad-
vancing male figure, bearded and draped. From the PoMr-
t'Ncs CM/cctiow. (Cat. Pourt. No. 233 : Panofka, Antiques du
Cabinet Pourtales, pi. vii., p. 37 -42.) A'c7%.
In Case Pis aAmtcr, No. 182. of unu ually large size:
subject, the Gigantomachia. Found at
in Southern Italy.
From Capua are No. 183, in Case 43, a with two
dancing girls receiving instruction: No 184, in Case 46, a
A?/dr?'%, with the judgment of Paris: No. 185, in Case 47,
an o7??oe7mc, representing a Satyr, in the character of
Herakles, in the Garden of the Hesperides (Heydemann,
HumoristischeVasenbilder, pi. i. fig. 1); No. 186, in Case
50. a with Apollo pursuing Daphne. These four
vases are from the Co7Ac/7ou. From Capua also
is the cup No. 187, in Table Case I, in which the design
is impressed on the ware, the whole covered with a lustrous
black varnish : subject ; Perseus, having cut off the head of
Medusa, runs towards Athene on the left, pursued by the
other two Gorgons; in the air, above the body of Medusa, is
Pegasos; beside her is Chrysaor. (Compare the vase with
FIRST VASE ROOM.
Dionysos and a Satyr; No. 180 represents a Satyr and a
M scnad. Ihdcf.
The vases with red figures as yet described are principally
from Vulci, Canino, and Cervetri, in Etruria.
Cases 87 to 46 contain a series in the same style and a
number of plain black vases found at Nola in Campania. The
fictile ware front this place is celebrated for the brilliant lustre
of its black varnish, the elegance of its forms, and the refined
beauty in the choice and treatment of the subjects. Among
the most beautiful specimens of these vases are the following
—No 151 (Case 45), representing Eros hovering
along the ground, with arms outstretched to catch a hare.
No. 152 (Case 46 ), Eros trundling a hoop. No. 153 (Case 45),
Hermes listening to Apollo playing on the lyre. No. 154
(Case 45), a youthful warrior, on whose shield is the device
of a bull.
No. 181, on Table Case L, is a representing
Orestes led bv Ares and Hermes to the presence of a seated
veiled female figure: behind him, Athene, resting her left hand
on a winged wheel : rev. Orestes, having killed Neoptolemos,
who falls into the arms of Thanatos (Death), takes refuge on
the altar of Apollo. He is bitten on the shoulder by a serpent,
the symbol of the Furies : on the right is a tree and an ad-
vancing male figure, bearded and draped. From the PoMr-
t'Ncs CM/cctiow. (Cat. Pourt. No. 233 : Panofka, Antiques du
Cabinet Pourtales, pi. vii., p. 37 -42.) A'c7%.
In Case Pis aAmtcr, No. 182. of unu ually large size:
subject, the Gigantomachia. Found at
in Southern Italy.
From Capua are No. 183, in Case 43, a with two
dancing girls receiving instruction: No 184, in Case 46, a
A?/dr?'%, with the judgment of Paris: No. 185, in Case 47,
an o7??oe7mc, representing a Satyr, in the character of
Herakles, in the Garden of the Hesperides (Heydemann,
HumoristischeVasenbilder, pi. i. fig. 1); No. 186, in Case
50. a with Apollo pursuing Daphne. These four
vases are from the Co7Ac/7ou. From Capua also
is the cup No. 187, in Table Case I, in which the design
is impressed on the ware, the whole covered with a lustrous
black varnish : subject ; Perseus, having cut off the head of
Medusa, runs towards Athene on the left, pursued by the
other two Gorgons; in the air, above the body of Medusa, is
Pegasos; beside her is Chrysaor. (Compare the vase with