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242 CATALOGUE
and the bunches of grapes on the vine of Dionysos on the
obverse are raised in relief; on the bottom of the foot an
incised character, PI. B. 796* From the Pizzati collection.
Inghirami, Vasi Fittili, iv, Tav. 347-8.
797. Amphora with twisted handles, clviii. 1 ft.
6TV in. Design red on a black ground; the outlines drawn in
black, the inner markings faintly traced in red ; 1. a flute player,
auletir, standing on a plinth and playing on the double flutes;
his hair is bound with a wreath; the phorbeia or mouth-
piece is fastened over the crown and back of his head by
two straps; he is slightly bearded and has clustering curls
over the forehead thickly painted so as to appear in re-
lief; he wears a talaric chiton bordered and with an embroi-
dered band round the skirt, a fringed and chequered upper
garment reaching to the waist, and shoes tied over the instep ;
2. rev. on another plinth, the judge in the musical contest to
which the figure on the obverse relates; his hair is wreathed
with myrtle, his beard long and pointed ; he wears a mantle
which envelopes his body to the feet, leaving the right arm and
side uncovered; before him as if issuing from his mouth,
HO AE AOTEN TYPI ZOI, " Let him play the flute," the
order for the flute player on the reverse to begin ; on the
plinth, KAAON El, " Thou art [one] of the noble." Vulci. C*.
No. 1004.
798. ------------- clviii. 1 ft. 7-ro in- Design red on a
black ground; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red with accessories in crimson ;
Anacreon playing on the heptachord chelys with the plec-
trum ; he is bald on the forehead and ivy-crowned, his beard
is long and flowing; under his left arm is a staff, baldron,
a chlamxjs hangs from his arms, the ends floating behind;
he holds the chelys against his side with his left wrist, touching
the strings with the fingers of his left hand and holding the
plectrum in his right hand ; he looks behind him .over his right
shoulder at the figure of Bathyllos on the reverse, who ad-
vances towards him holding out a drinking cup (shape cxlv) ;
he is crowned with laurel and slightly bearded; a chlamys
hangs from his arms; in his right hand he holds by the
middle and in a horizontal position a staff, baldron. Vulci.
C*
No. 1429.
798.*Amphora, clvi. 1 ft. lO-V in. Design red on a
and the bunches of grapes on the vine of Dionysos on the
obverse are raised in relief; on the bottom of the foot an
incised character, PI. B. 796* From the Pizzati collection.
Inghirami, Vasi Fittili, iv, Tav. 347-8.
797. Amphora with twisted handles, clviii. 1 ft.
6TV in. Design red on a black ground; the outlines drawn in
black, the inner markings faintly traced in red ; 1. a flute player,
auletir, standing on a plinth and playing on the double flutes;
his hair is bound with a wreath; the phorbeia or mouth-
piece is fastened over the crown and back of his head by
two straps; he is slightly bearded and has clustering curls
over the forehead thickly painted so as to appear in re-
lief; he wears a talaric chiton bordered and with an embroi-
dered band round the skirt, a fringed and chequered upper
garment reaching to the waist, and shoes tied over the instep ;
2. rev. on another plinth, the judge in the musical contest to
which the figure on the obverse relates; his hair is wreathed
with myrtle, his beard long and pointed ; he wears a mantle
which envelopes his body to the feet, leaving the right arm and
side uncovered; before him as if issuing from his mouth,
HO AE AOTEN TYPI ZOI, " Let him play the flute," the
order for the flute player on the reverse to begin ; on the
plinth, KAAON El, " Thou art [one] of the noble." Vulci. C*.
No. 1004.
798. ------------- clviii. 1 ft. 7-ro in- Design red on a
black ground; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red with accessories in crimson ;
Anacreon playing on the heptachord chelys with the plec-
trum ; he is bald on the forehead and ivy-crowned, his beard
is long and flowing; under his left arm is a staff, baldron,
a chlamxjs hangs from his arms, the ends floating behind;
he holds the chelys against his side with his left wrist, touching
the strings with the fingers of his left hand and holding the
plectrum in his right hand ; he looks behind him .over his right
shoulder at the figure of Bathyllos on the reverse, who ad-
vances towards him holding out a drinking cup (shape cxlv) ;
he is crowned with laurel and slightly bearded; a chlamys
hangs from his arms; in his right hand he holds by the
middle and in a horizontal position a staff, baldron. Vulci.
C*
No. 1429.
798.*Amphora, clvi. 1 ft. lO-V in. Design red on a