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FIRST VASE ROOM.
Nos. 163 Q and 164 Q are two very Rue examples of this
class. No. 163, a^Ai/tAos, 1 foot 6 inches in height, on which
a group of two female Rgures is painted in several colours on a
white ground. One of these Rgures is seated, and holds out
a wreath with both hands ; before her stands another female
Rgure, holding out to her a p/i/Ldc, which she has Riled with
wine from the oinocAoe in her left hand. No. 164, aM;yt7ms,
1 foot inches in height, on which a seated female figure
is painted in several colours on a white ground. This Rgure
holds up a chaplet or Rllet with both hands ; behind her is a
LzAat/zos, or basket for wool, above which hangs an
Her cARou is painted a reddish-brown ; over the lap is
thrown a black behind her is an Ionic column. The
Rgures on both these vases are remarkable for the severe
simplicity of the drawing and colouring, and the distinctness
and purity of the outliue. They enable us to form some idea
of the effect of an ancient mural painting from the school of
Polygnotos. In the fg/n/tAi with red Rgures on a black
ground the same simple and severe style of drawing prevails.
The subjects are generally single Rgures, or groups of two.
Demeter and Triptolemos, Apollo and Artemis, Nike and
Eros, are among the Rgures represented. The head-dresses
of the Rgures on the vases, and the general type of features,
resemble those of the female heads on the early silver coins
of Syracuse and other Sicilian cities.
VASES FROM CAMIRUS IN RHODES.
The archaic vases from Rhodes have been already described
(pp. 7, 10).
In Oases 31-36 are a number of vases with red Rgures,
which are from Oamirus, and belong to the Rnest period.
Of these the most interesting are No. 165 in Case 33,
an %??ipAcra, on which the subject represented is Thetis and
her attendant Nereids bringing to Achilles the armour made
for him by Hephaestos;a L%a/fAo3, No. 166 in Case 31,
representing the Theoxenia offered to the Dioskuri after an
Agonistic Victory (see Trans. Roy. Soc. Lit. ix.p. 434); and
No. 167, a Aydri%, on which is represented a seated female
Rgure, waited on at her toilet by four female attendants.
In Table Case I is a Ay7Ar, No. 168, on which the Rgure
of Aphrodite riding on a swan is painted in several colours,
FIRST VASE ROOM.
Nos. 163 Q and 164 Q are two very Rue examples of this
class. No. 163, a^Ai/tAos, 1 foot 6 inches in height, on which
a group of two female Rgures is painted in several colours on a
white ground. One of these Rgures is seated, and holds out
a wreath with both hands ; before her stands another female
Rgure, holding out to her a p/i/Ldc, which she has Riled with
wine from the oinocAoe in her left hand. No. 164, aM;yt7ms,
1 foot inches in height, on which a seated female figure
is painted in several colours on a white ground. This Rgure
holds up a chaplet or Rllet with both hands ; behind her is a
LzAat/zos, or basket for wool, above which hangs an
Her cARou is painted a reddish-brown ; over the lap is
thrown a black behind her is an Ionic column. The
Rgures on both these vases are remarkable for the severe
simplicity of the drawing and colouring, and the distinctness
and purity of the outliue. They enable us to form some idea
of the effect of an ancient mural painting from the school of
Polygnotos. In the fg/n/tAi with red Rgures on a black
ground the same simple and severe style of drawing prevails.
The subjects are generally single Rgures, or groups of two.
Demeter and Triptolemos, Apollo and Artemis, Nike and
Eros, are among the Rgures represented. The head-dresses
of the Rgures on the vases, and the general type of features,
resemble those of the female heads on the early silver coins
of Syracuse and other Sicilian cities.
VASES FROM CAMIRUS IN RHODES.
The archaic vases from Rhodes have been already described
(pp. 7, 10).
In Oases 31-36 are a number of vases with red Rgures,
which are from Oamirus, and belong to the Rnest period.
Of these the most interesting are No. 165 in Case 33,
an %??ipAcra, on which the subject represented is Thetis and
her attendant Nereids bringing to Achilles the armour made
for him by Hephaestos;a L%a/fAo3, No. 166 in Case 31,
representing the Theoxenia offered to the Dioskuri after an
Agonistic Victory (see Trans. Roy. Soc. Lit. ix.p. 434); and
No. 167, a Aydri%, on which is represented a seated female
Rgure, waited on at her toilet by four female attendants.
In Table Case I is a Ay7Ar, No. 168, on which the Rgure
of Aphrodite riding on a swan is painted in several colours,