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OF VASES. 243
black ground, with accessories in white; 1. Demeter send-
ing forth Triptolemos to sow corn; he is seated in a chariot
to the wheels of which very tall wings are attached, and
holds in his right hand a p/dale, in his left a sceptre orna-
mented with a black spiral line; he is beardless and has
long hair gathered up under a laurel wreath; the lower
part of his body is enveloped in a peplos; before him
stands Demeter, her head bound with a coif and a radiated
diadem ; she wears earrings, a talaric chiton with sleeves and a
peplos ; in her right hand she holds an oinochoU from which she
is about to pour out a parting cup of wine for Triptolemos, to-
wards whom she looks ; behind him Persephone wearing an em-
broidered opisthosphendone, a talaric chiton with sleeves, border-
ed and embroidered, and a peplos ; in her left hand she holds a
sceptre ornamented with a black spiral line ; in her right ears
of corn ; 2. rev. Demeter standing between Hestia and Per-
sephone : she wears a coif bound with a radiated diadem,
a talaric chiton and a peplos; in her right hand she holds
a torch; facing her stands Hestia wearing a talaric chiton
and a mantle in which her hands are muffled; her long hair is
looped up by a radiated diadem ; behind Demeter and looking
the same way is Persephone holding in her right hand a
sceptre; she wears a radiated diadem, a talaric chiton and a
peplos ; all three wear earrings. Bl.
Bullet. del'Acad. de Brux. vii, 2, p. 187, andforobv. Gerhard, Auserl. Vasenb.
Taf. lxxv, Lenormant et De Witte, Mon. Ceram. in, PI. 1.
799. Amphora with twisted handles, clviii. 1 ft.
6 in. Design red on a black ground, with accessories in crim-
son ; Dionysos moving rapidly to the right and looking back
at his youthful companion, Gelos, on the reverse of the vase ;
his ivy-crowned hair falls in long tresses, his beard is long
and pointed ; he wears a talaric chiton with sleeves, a peplos
and endromides ; the skirt of the chiton is ornamented with a
band of alternate bars and dots across the knees, and is tucked
up so as to hang in festoons round the feet; in his left hand
Dionysos holds the vine, in his right an oinochoe; Gelos is
playing on the heptachord lyre with the plectrum, which he
accompanies with his voice; he throws his head back as he
sings; his hair is wreathed with vine; he wears a talaric
chiton, the skirt gathered up at the bottom and ornamented
like that of Dionysos; embroidered drapery hangs from his
lyre; in two lines from right to left, AEAOS KAAOS, " Gelos
is noble;" the handles of this vase are painted in alternate
black ground, with accessories in white; 1. Demeter send-
ing forth Triptolemos to sow corn; he is seated in a chariot
to the wheels of which very tall wings are attached, and
holds in his right hand a p/dale, in his left a sceptre orna-
mented with a black spiral line; he is beardless and has
long hair gathered up under a laurel wreath; the lower
part of his body is enveloped in a peplos; before him
stands Demeter, her head bound with a coif and a radiated
diadem ; she wears earrings, a talaric chiton with sleeves and a
peplos ; in her right hand she holds an oinochoU from which she
is about to pour out a parting cup of wine for Triptolemos, to-
wards whom she looks ; behind him Persephone wearing an em-
broidered opisthosphendone, a talaric chiton with sleeves, border-
ed and embroidered, and a peplos ; in her left hand she holds a
sceptre ornamented with a black spiral line ; in her right ears
of corn ; 2. rev. Demeter standing between Hestia and Per-
sephone : she wears a coif bound with a radiated diadem,
a talaric chiton and a peplos; in her right hand she holds
a torch; facing her stands Hestia wearing a talaric chiton
and a mantle in which her hands are muffled; her long hair is
looped up by a radiated diadem ; behind Demeter and looking
the same way is Persephone holding in her right hand a
sceptre; she wears a radiated diadem, a talaric chiton and a
peplos ; all three wear earrings. Bl.
Bullet. del'Acad. de Brux. vii, 2, p. 187, andforobv. Gerhard, Auserl. Vasenb.
Taf. lxxv, Lenormant et De Witte, Mon. Ceram. in, PI. 1.
799. Amphora with twisted handles, clviii. 1 ft.
6 in. Design red on a black ground, with accessories in crim-
son ; Dionysos moving rapidly to the right and looking back
at his youthful companion, Gelos, on the reverse of the vase ;
his ivy-crowned hair falls in long tresses, his beard is long
and pointed ; he wears a talaric chiton with sleeves, a peplos
and endromides ; the skirt of the chiton is ornamented with a
band of alternate bars and dots across the knees, and is tucked
up so as to hang in festoons round the feet; in his left hand
Dionysos holds the vine, in his right an oinochoe; Gelos is
playing on the heptachord lyre with the plectrum, which he
accompanies with his voice; he throws his head back as he
sings; his hair is wreathed with vine; he wears a talaric
chiton, the skirt gathered up at the bottom and ornamented
like that of Dionysos; embroidered drapery hangs from his
lyre; in two lines from right to left, AEAOS KAAOS, " Gelos
is noble;" the handles of this vase are painted in alternate