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OF VASES. 3
a female figure seated on a chair, over the back of which she
has thrown her left arm, looks into a mirror held up in her
right hand ; she wears an embroidered opistho-sphcndonz, ear-
rings, a necklace, armlets, a talaric chiton girt at the waist,
and a peplos wrapped round her lower limbs; before her
stands a male figure in the Persian dress, holding out to her
a. pyxis ; this figure wears a chiton embroidered with iiowers,
reaching to the knees and girt at the waist, under which is
an under garment with sleeves ; on his legs are anaxyridcs
ornamented with wavy horizontal lines ; the same ornaments
appear on the sleeves of his under garment. This group
may either represent Aphrodite and Anchises, or Paris and
Helen. Nola.
Dur. No. 1234.
1255. Deep two-handled cup terminating in a
double head, covin. 6T4ff in. The heads of a Seilenos
and a Masnad placed back to back ; the head of the Seilenos
has been painted with vermilion, and has large ears project-
ing very much forward ; the face of the Maenad has been
painted white, the hair bound with a diadem painted with
vermilion ; the red colour on these heads has been retouched ;
the cup surmounts the double head, like a modius; the de-
sign is red on a black ground. 1. A youthful Satyr standing
by the side of a hind, on which he rests his left hand, and
which advances towards a laurel tree ; the hind is bridled,
the Satyr holds the reins in each hand ; he wears a red diadem;
2. rev. Aphrodite ? or Helen ? seated in a chair ; before her
Eros hovering in the air and presenting to her a^ya?zs, on which
a row of fruits ; round her head a diadem is wound twice,
with long ends hanging down; at the back of her head is a
kaluptron or veil ; she wears armlets, a talaric chiton, and a
peplos; Eros wears a wreath ; his pyxis is ornamented with
stars. Basilicata.
Dur. No. 1256.
1256. Rhyton in the form of the head of venus.
ccix. 9J in. The face of Venus is of the natural colour
of the clay, but has probably been painted ; the hair has
been painted red; the cup rises from the crown of the head
in the form of a modius; on it is a group, red on a black
ground, representing an ithyphallic Satyr and a Masnad; he
dances with a keras in his left hand, and wears an ivy wreath
a female figure seated on a chair, over the back of which she
has thrown her left arm, looks into a mirror held up in her
right hand ; she wears an embroidered opistho-sphcndonz, ear-
rings, a necklace, armlets, a talaric chiton girt at the waist,
and a peplos wrapped round her lower limbs; before her
stands a male figure in the Persian dress, holding out to her
a. pyxis ; this figure wears a chiton embroidered with iiowers,
reaching to the knees and girt at the waist, under which is
an under garment with sleeves ; on his legs are anaxyridcs
ornamented with wavy horizontal lines ; the same ornaments
appear on the sleeves of his under garment. This group
may either represent Aphrodite and Anchises, or Paris and
Helen. Nola.
Dur. No. 1234.
1255. Deep two-handled cup terminating in a
double head, covin. 6T4ff in. The heads of a Seilenos
and a Masnad placed back to back ; the head of the Seilenos
has been painted with vermilion, and has large ears project-
ing very much forward ; the face of the Maenad has been
painted white, the hair bound with a diadem painted with
vermilion ; the red colour on these heads has been retouched ;
the cup surmounts the double head, like a modius; the de-
sign is red on a black ground. 1. A youthful Satyr standing
by the side of a hind, on which he rests his left hand, and
which advances towards a laurel tree ; the hind is bridled,
the Satyr holds the reins in each hand ; he wears a red diadem;
2. rev. Aphrodite ? or Helen ? seated in a chair ; before her
Eros hovering in the air and presenting to her a^ya?zs, on which
a row of fruits ; round her head a diadem is wound twice,
with long ends hanging down; at the back of her head is a
kaluptron or veil ; she wears armlets, a talaric chiton, and a
peplos; Eros wears a wreath ; his pyxis is ornamented with
stars. Basilicata.
Dur. No. 1256.
1256. Rhyton in the form of the head of venus.
ccix. 9J in. The face of Venus is of the natural colour
of the clay, but has probably been painted ; the hair has
been painted red; the cup rises from the crown of the head
in the form of a modius; on it is a group, red on a black
ground, representing an ithyphallic Satyr and a Masnad; he
dances with a keras in his left hand, and wears an ivy wreath