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over the forehead, and drawn back through a cap open
behind; she wears a necklace, a beaded shoulder-belt,
armlets, a peplos reaching from the feet to the hips, and
white sandals ; behind her an ivy leaf. Basilicata. H.
D'Hancarville, I., PI. 110.

1468. Rhyton terminating in a Wolf's Head, ccxxiv.
7i in. The wolf's head left the natural colour of the
clay; design of the cup red and white on a black ground;
combat of Theseus and Hippolyte; the two combatants are
in the attitude of hurling their spears at each other ; the
spears do not appear in the design, and were probably
painted in white ; Theseus is armed with a crested helmet,
an Argolic buckler, and greaves; a chlamys flies from his
shoulders; Hippolyte is armed with an Argolic buckler and
a sword at her left side ; she wears a Phrygian cap, a neck-
lace, a chiton reaching to the hips and girt at the waist, and
endromides; on both the shields the device is a star on a
black circle ; between the combatants hangs up a bucranium,
from which hangs a fillet; the field is seme with flowers and
rings or wreaths. Basilicata.

Dur. No. 1279.

1469. Rhyton terminating in a Mule's Head. 7th in.
ccxxv. The mule's head is left the natural red colour of
the clay, the eyes painted black ; between the ears, which
are laid back, a figure of Eros, red on the black ground of
the cup ; he leans forward, moving to the left; on each
side a laurel branch ; on the handle an Etruscan inscription
incised. PL c. 1469. C.

De Witte, Dosor. No. 198.

1470. Rhyton terminating in the Head of a Hound,
ccxxvi. 9g- in. The head of the hound painted black;
the cornea of the eye yellow, the pupil black, the remainder
of the eye being painted a reddish brown ; the design of the
cup is red and white on a black ground ; the androgynous
Eros seated on a rock, and looking back to the left; he
holds in his right hand a bunch of grapes, in his left a
wreath to which a sash, tainia, is attached; his hair is
radiated over the forehead and drawn back through a cap
open behind ; he wears earrings, a double necklace, armlets,
a double-beaded circle round his thigh, a periskelis on his
 
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