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OF VASES.
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his left hand raised over the head of Priam, next to him a
warrior, with a Corinthian helmet, an Argolic buckler with
the device of a parsley leaf, greaves and a spear, turned
away from the scene, and conversing with an old man with
white hair, probably An ten or, enveloped in a mantle, in
his right hand a sceptre ; 3. lion, between two boars, face to
face, boar and lion, face to face ; on the bottom of the foot an
incised character, PI. A. 47S. Vulci. C*
No. 1705. Mus. Etrusc. p. 155.
479. Hydria. lxxxv. 1 ft. 8—in. Clay pale, varnish
black; design black, white and crimson, with incised lines ; 1.
hydrophoria or water drawing; in the centre a building com-
posed of a pediment and entablature supported by two
columns and a central pilaster ; two fountains issue from lions'
heads placed on the opposite faces of the pilaster, the
pediment terminates in volutes and has the centre nearly filled
up by a white circular disk; from either side a maiden ap-
proaches ; one holds a flower, the other a branch in her left
hand, their empty hydrias are carried horizontally on their
heads, at the feet of each a hind; another pair of maidens
stand at the fountains, one on each side, the arculi on their
heads show that they have just deposited their hydrias under
the streams ; they are turning round to greet the new comers,
each holds a branch in the left hand; all the four figures
have long hair bound with diadems, necklaces, embroidered,
talaric chitons and striped pepli; 2. two quadrigas about to
start; the charioteers wear white, talaric chitons, and have goads
in their hands; the foremost is bearded, and the end of an ob-
ject like a quiver appears behind his shoulder; at the side of his
chariot is a bearded figure in a chiton looking back at him ; the
other charioteer is beardless and has a Boeotian shield slung at
his back ; at the side of his quadriga is a female figure looking
back at him, clad in a chiton, her hair gathered up behind; in
front of each quadriga a dog; at the bottom of the foot
incised characters, PI. A. 479. Vulci. C*
No. 595.
480.-------------- lxxxv. 1 ft. ] 1 in. Clay pale, varnish
black; design black, white and crimson, with incisedlines; 1. hy-
drophoria ; a distyle Ionic temple in antis, on either side a foun-
tain issuing from a lion's head inserted in the wall; at each foun-
tain a maiden filling her hydria; in the centre, between the
columns, a third maiden moving to the left, and looking to the
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his left hand raised over the head of Priam, next to him a
warrior, with a Corinthian helmet, an Argolic buckler with
the device of a parsley leaf, greaves and a spear, turned
away from the scene, and conversing with an old man with
white hair, probably An ten or, enveloped in a mantle, in
his right hand a sceptre ; 3. lion, between two boars, face to
face, boar and lion, face to face ; on the bottom of the foot an
incised character, PI. A. 47S. Vulci. C*
No. 1705. Mus. Etrusc. p. 155.
479. Hydria. lxxxv. 1 ft. 8—in. Clay pale, varnish
black; design black, white and crimson, with incised lines ; 1.
hydrophoria or water drawing; in the centre a building com-
posed of a pediment and entablature supported by two
columns and a central pilaster ; two fountains issue from lions'
heads placed on the opposite faces of the pilaster, the
pediment terminates in volutes and has the centre nearly filled
up by a white circular disk; from either side a maiden ap-
proaches ; one holds a flower, the other a branch in her left
hand, their empty hydrias are carried horizontally on their
heads, at the feet of each a hind; another pair of maidens
stand at the fountains, one on each side, the arculi on their
heads show that they have just deposited their hydrias under
the streams ; they are turning round to greet the new comers,
each holds a branch in the left hand; all the four figures
have long hair bound with diadems, necklaces, embroidered,
talaric chitons and striped pepli; 2. two quadrigas about to
start; the charioteers wear white, talaric chitons, and have goads
in their hands; the foremost is bearded, and the end of an ob-
ject like a quiver appears behind his shoulder; at the side of his
chariot is a bearded figure in a chiton looking back at him ; the
other charioteer is beardless and has a Boeotian shield slung at
his back ; at the side of his quadriga is a female figure looking
back at him, clad in a chiton, her hair gathered up behind; in
front of each quadriga a dog; at the bottom of the foot
incised characters, PI. A. 479. Vulci. C*
No. 595.
480.-------------- lxxxv. 1 ft. ] 1 in. Clay pale, varnish
black; design black, white and crimson, with incisedlines; 1. hy-
drophoria ; a distyle Ionic temple in antis, on either side a foun-
tain issuing from a lion's head inserted in the wall; at each foun-
tain a maiden filling her hydria; in the centre, between the
columns, a third maiden moving to the left, and looking to the