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OF VASES.
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torches; on the right a youthful male figure, looking back
as he hastens away, and holding up his right hand, in which
is a chaplet of beads ; in his left he holds a torch; next_ to
him a bearded figure, also moving to the right, but looking
back and beckoning with his right hand; in his left he holds
a torch; next, a beardless figure moving to the left, but
looking round to the bearded figure ; the fourth figure stands
on the extreme left in an attitude of attention, looking
towards the bearded figure ; in his hands he holds a chaplet
of beads; all four wear radiated diadems or wreaths, and
chlamydes; 2. rev. three female figures standing conversing;
all wear diadems and pepli; the central figure holds up in
her right hand a mirror, facing the figure on the right; be-
tween them a pyxis and small phiaU, below which another
Pyxis imdphiale; the third figure follows on the left, holding
in her right hand a mirror ; in front of her a ball. The
mirrors and other accessories in the field seem retouched. H.
Passed, in, Tab. 230.
1383. Krater. ccxiv. 1 ft. 2T30- in. by 1 ft. 2^ in. De-
sign red with accessories in white and crimson on a black
ground; scene from a comedy, perhaps a parody on the
myth of Atlas; 1. on the right stands an old bearded
Seilenos, poised on his left leg, and supporting on his head
a large vase or basket in the form of the Atlantean hemi-
sphere ; he stretches out both hands, in order to balance him-
self better; before him stands a youthful male figure, holding
up the forefinger of his right hand, as if directing the
movements of the Seilenos, and holding out in his left hand
two apples; his left elbow rests against his stick; he has
long hair flowing down his neck and bound with an embroi-
dered sash, tainia, and an ivy wreath ; a bordered mantle
is twisted round his left arm and right thigh ; he wears shoes
reaching to the ancle and studded with white buttons ; the
Seilenos has white hair and a long white beard; he wears a
tight-fitting jerkin, coloured crimson, anaxyrides, and tight
sleeves; down the arms and legs is a stripe; he has a large
phallus, also coloured crimson; the white and crimson of
this figure seem retouched ; the basket on his head is orna-
mented with concentric rows of honeysuckle and other pat-
terns ; 2. rev. a youthful male figure standing, conversing
with a female figure, face to face; both wear wreaths,
mantles, and shoes reaching to the ancle; the male figure
i 2
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torches; on the right a youthful male figure, looking back
as he hastens away, and holding up his right hand, in which
is a chaplet of beads ; in his left he holds a torch; next_ to
him a bearded figure, also moving to the right, but looking
back and beckoning with his right hand; in his left he holds
a torch; next, a beardless figure moving to the left, but
looking round to the bearded figure ; the fourth figure stands
on the extreme left in an attitude of attention, looking
towards the bearded figure ; in his hands he holds a chaplet
of beads; all four wear radiated diadems or wreaths, and
chlamydes; 2. rev. three female figures standing conversing;
all wear diadems and pepli; the central figure holds up in
her right hand a mirror, facing the figure on the right; be-
tween them a pyxis and small phiaU, below which another
Pyxis imdphiale; the third figure follows on the left, holding
in her right hand a mirror ; in front of her a ball. The
mirrors and other accessories in the field seem retouched. H.
Passed, in, Tab. 230.
1383. Krater. ccxiv. 1 ft. 2T30- in. by 1 ft. 2^ in. De-
sign red with accessories in white and crimson on a black
ground; scene from a comedy, perhaps a parody on the
myth of Atlas; 1. on the right stands an old bearded
Seilenos, poised on his left leg, and supporting on his head
a large vase or basket in the form of the Atlantean hemi-
sphere ; he stretches out both hands, in order to balance him-
self better; before him stands a youthful male figure, holding
up the forefinger of his right hand, as if directing the
movements of the Seilenos, and holding out in his left hand
two apples; his left elbow rests against his stick; he has
long hair flowing down his neck and bound with an embroi-
dered sash, tainia, and an ivy wreath ; a bordered mantle
is twisted round his left arm and right thigh ; he wears shoes
reaching to the ancle and studded with white buttons ; the
Seilenos has white hair and a long white beard; he wears a
tight-fitting jerkin, coloured crimson, anaxyrides, and tight
sleeves; down the arms and legs is a stripe; he has a large
phallus, also coloured crimson; the white and crimson of
this figure seem retouched ; the basket on his head is orna-
mented with concentric rows of honeysuckle and other pat-
terns ; 2. rev. a youthful male figure standing, conversing
with a female figure, face to face; both wear wreaths,
mantles, and shoes reaching to the ancle; the male figure
i 2