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left leg, and white sandals ; flowers spring from the ground at
his feet; on his left a branch; in the field two flowers. H.
D'Hancarville, i. PI. 49.
1471. Rhyton terminating in a Gryphon's Head,
ccxxvii. 8TV in. The head of the gryphon is painted
black, the crest and inside of the ears crimson ; the whites
of the eyes are painted their natural colour, the cornea being
painted yellow, and the pupil marked by a black spot;
under the beak a tuft of white hair; 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, holding in his
left hand a fan; his hair is drawn back through a cap
encircled with a string of beads and open behind ; he wears
earrings, a necklace, armlets, a shoulder-belt, and double
circle round his left thigh, both beaded, and a periskelis
round his left leg ; behind him an ivy leaf. Basilicata.
Dur. So. 1287.
1472. Rhyton terminating in the Head of a
Gazelle, ccxxviii. 8 in. The gazelle's head is painted
black with white horns; the whites of the eyes are painted
their natural colour, the cornea and pupil yellow, each defined
by a black circle ; the design of the cup is red and white
on a black ground ; the androgynous Eros kneeling on the
ground and holding in his right hand a branch, in his left a
fan ; his hair is bound with a string of beads and drawn back
through a cap open behind; he wears earrings, a necklace, a
beaded shoulder-belt, armlets, a beaded circle round the left
thigh, and a periskelis round the left leg; at his side an unlit
torch; behind, an ivy leaf; in front a sash, tainia, hanging
up. Basilicata.
Dur. No. 1293.
1473. Rhyton terminating in a Cow's Head, ccxxix,
8T4ij in. The cow's head is painted black with white horns ;
the whites of the eyes are painted their natural colour, the
cornea and pupil yellow, each defined by a black circle; the
design on the cup is red and white on a black ground ; the
androgynous Eros kneeling on the ground, holding in his
right hand a fan, rhipis, in his left a cista ; his hair is beaded
over the forehead and drawn back under a cap open behind;
he wears earrings, a necklace, armlets, a beaded shoulder-
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left leg, and white sandals ; flowers spring from the ground at
his feet; on his left a branch; in the field two flowers. H.
D'Hancarville, i. PI. 49.
1471. Rhyton terminating in a Gryphon's Head,
ccxxvii. 8TV in. The head of the gryphon is painted
black, the crest and inside of the ears crimson ; the whites
of the eyes are painted their natural colour, the cornea being
painted yellow, and the pupil marked by a black spot;
under the beak a tuft of white hair; 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, holding in his
left hand a fan; his hair is drawn back through a cap
encircled with a string of beads and open behind ; he wears
earrings, a necklace, armlets, a shoulder-belt, and double
circle round his left thigh, both beaded, and a periskelis
round his left leg ; behind him an ivy leaf. Basilicata.
Dur. So. 1287.
1472. Rhyton terminating in the Head of a
Gazelle, ccxxviii. 8 in. The gazelle's head is painted
black with white horns; the whites of the eyes are painted
their natural colour, the cornea and pupil yellow, each defined
by a black circle ; the design of the cup is red and white
on a black ground ; the androgynous Eros kneeling on the
ground and holding in his right hand a branch, in his left a
fan ; his hair is bound with a string of beads and drawn back
through a cap open behind; he wears earrings, a necklace, a
beaded shoulder-belt, armlets, a beaded circle round the left
thigh, and a periskelis round the left leg; at his side an unlit
torch; behind, an ivy leaf; in front a sash, tainia, hanging
up. Basilicata.
Dur. No. 1293.
1473. Rhyton terminating in a Cow's Head, ccxxix,
8T4ij in. The cow's head is painted black with white horns ;
the whites of the eyes are painted their natural colour, the
cornea and pupil yellow, each defined by a black circle; the
design on the cup is red and white on a black ground ; the
androgynous Eros kneeling on the ground, holding in his
right hand a fan, rhipis, in his left a cista ; his hair is beaded
over the forehead and drawn back under a cap open behind;
he wears earrings, a necklace, armlets, a beaded shoulder-
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