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30 CATALOGUE
Design red with accessories in white on a black ground;
1. Orestes? taking leave of Elektra? and Chrysotliemis ?; in
the centre of the group, Elektra, seated in a dejected attitude
on uproskephalaion, or pillow ; on her head is a radiated ampyx
and a kaluptra, or veil; she wears a necklace, armlets, a
talaric chiton girt at the waist, and a peplos thrown over the
knees, both bordered; from the centre of the necklace hangs
a single pendant; with her right hand she draws forward the
edge of her veil; her left rests on the pillow, which is striped
and tied at the end; on the left stands Orestes, attired for a
journey, and taking leave of Elektra; he is beardless, and
wears a white pileus fastened under the chin, a chlamys
fastened on the breast by a perone and bordered, and
endromides; in his right hand he holds a spear, in his
left his sword in its sheath; on the right, behind Elektra,
stands Chrysotliemis, holding up in her right hand a mirror,
in her left she holds by a strap a square pyxis; her hair
is bound with an opisthosphendone, radiated and embroi-
dered; she wears earrings, a necklace, from the centre of
which hangs a single pendant, armlets, and a talaric chiton,
over which falls an upper fold, girt at the waist and reaching
to the hips; this dress is bordered at the edge, and has a
double stripe, paruphe, down the side; 2. rev. two youthful
male figures, advancing towards a third, who stands on the
right, and who turns towards them, pointing behind him
with the forefinger of his right hand; all three are beardless,
and wear bordered mantles. H.
D'Hancarville, n, PI. 100.
1290. Krater. ccxiv. 1ft. T3ain. by 11^ in. De-
sign red on a black ground; 1. Kephalos pursued by
Aurora; Kephalos moves rapidly to the right, looking back
at Aurora, who follows him closely, placing her right hand
on his shoulder ; behind her a youthful male figure is moving
off quickly in the opposite direction and looking back at the
scene ; Kephalos is enveloped in a mantle ; Aurora is winged ;
her hair bound with a diadem and opisthosphendone; she wears
a talaric chiton with loose sleeves, and a peplos; the hair of
the flying youth is bound with a diadem ; he is enveloped in a
mantle. 2. rev. three youthful male figures standing convers-
ing ; all three are beardless; the central figure faces the one
on the left; he wears a mantle in which his arms are muffled ;
the other two wear mantles which leave the right shoulder
and arm bare, and hold staffs in their right hands.
Design red with accessories in white on a black ground;
1. Orestes? taking leave of Elektra? and Chrysotliemis ?; in
the centre of the group, Elektra, seated in a dejected attitude
on uproskephalaion, or pillow ; on her head is a radiated ampyx
and a kaluptra, or veil; she wears a necklace, armlets, a
talaric chiton girt at the waist, and a peplos thrown over the
knees, both bordered; from the centre of the necklace hangs
a single pendant; with her right hand she draws forward the
edge of her veil; her left rests on the pillow, which is striped
and tied at the end; on the left stands Orestes, attired for a
journey, and taking leave of Elektra; he is beardless, and
wears a white pileus fastened under the chin, a chlamys
fastened on the breast by a perone and bordered, and
endromides; in his right hand he holds a spear, in his
left his sword in its sheath; on the right, behind Elektra,
stands Chrysotliemis, holding up in her right hand a mirror,
in her left she holds by a strap a square pyxis; her hair
is bound with an opisthosphendone, radiated and embroi-
dered; she wears earrings, a necklace, from the centre of
which hangs a single pendant, armlets, and a talaric chiton,
over which falls an upper fold, girt at the waist and reaching
to the hips; this dress is bordered at the edge, and has a
double stripe, paruphe, down the side; 2. rev. two youthful
male figures, advancing towards a third, who stands on the
right, and who turns towards them, pointing behind him
with the forefinger of his right hand; all three are beardless,
and wear bordered mantles. H.
D'Hancarville, n, PI. 100.
1290. Krater. ccxiv. 1ft. T3ain. by 11^ in. De-
sign red on a black ground; 1. Kephalos pursued by
Aurora; Kephalos moves rapidly to the right, looking back
at Aurora, who follows him closely, placing her right hand
on his shoulder ; behind her a youthful male figure is moving
off quickly in the opposite direction and looking back at the
scene ; Kephalos is enveloped in a mantle ; Aurora is winged ;
her hair bound with a diadem and opisthosphendone; she wears
a talaric chiton with loose sleeves, and a peplos; the hair of
the flying youth is bound with a diadem ; he is enveloped in a
mantle. 2. rev. three youthful male figures standing convers-
ing ; all three are beardless; the central figure faces the one
on the left; he wears a mantle in which his arms are muffled ;
the other two wear mantles which leave the right shoulder
and arm bare, and hold staffs in their right hands.