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1587. Apulian two-handled Vase, with Cover, ccl.
1 ft. 9T%in. Design red and white on a black ground : 1. a
naked youthful male figure seated to the left, his right hand
extended towards a female figure standing before him, who
holds out to him in her left hand aphiale full of fruit; behind
the male figure stands another female figure holding up in her
right hand a mirror; both the female figures have their
hair drawn back and tied at the roots behind; they wear neck-
laces, armlets, talaric chitons, and sandals; the figure on the
right wears a mantle thrown over her left shoulder; the male
figure is beardless, a mantle is thrown over his seat and the
upper part of his thighs (this part seems repainted); above
the heads of these figures hang a sash and a ball, and on the
same level is an oblong aperture, perhaps a small window,
ope : 2. rev. a youthful male figure seated to the left; in his
right hand a wreath ; his left rests on the ground behind
him ; in front of him stands a female figure holding up^a
tympanon; behind the male figure another female figure hold-
ing a wreath over his head ; both female figures have their
hair drawn back and tied behind, and wear necklaces, arm-
lets, and talaric chitons; the one on the right wears a mantle
and sandals ; the male figure is beardless ; a mantle is thrown
over his seat and the upper part of his thighs (this part
seems repainted); above are a ball and an oblong object, per-
haps a small window, ope ; on the cover is another smaller vase
of a similar shape; on one side 3. a female figure standing to
the left, wearing a talaric chiton girt at the waist; in her right
hand she holds a crooked stick; 4. a female figure standing
to the front, her head looking to the right towards a pyxis,
which she holds out in her right hand; her hair is drawn
back and tied at the roots behind; she wears a necklace,
armlets, and a talaric chiton girt at the waist.
1588. Apulian two-handled Vase, with Cover,
ccl. 13^ in. Design red and white on a black ground: 1.
^Egipan, standing before a Meenad, who moves away to the
left, looking back at him ; he is beardless, a belt of beads
passes across his body, hanging from the right shoulder; in
his left hand he holds a wreath; he raises the forefinger of
his right hand towards the MaBnad, who wears a cap and a
talaric chitSn girt at the waist, over which falls an upper
fold, ornamented with a vertical stripe ; on her feet are white
sandals; in her left hand she holds a basket, kaneon, contain-
1587. Apulian two-handled Vase, with Cover, ccl.
1 ft. 9T%in. Design red and white on a black ground : 1. a
naked youthful male figure seated to the left, his right hand
extended towards a female figure standing before him, who
holds out to him in her left hand aphiale full of fruit; behind
the male figure stands another female figure holding up in her
right hand a mirror; both the female figures have their
hair drawn back and tied at the roots behind; they wear neck-
laces, armlets, talaric chitons, and sandals; the figure on the
right wears a mantle thrown over her left shoulder; the male
figure is beardless, a mantle is thrown over his seat and the
upper part of his thighs (this part seems repainted); above
the heads of these figures hang a sash and a ball, and on the
same level is an oblong aperture, perhaps a small window,
ope : 2. rev. a youthful male figure seated to the left; in his
right hand a wreath ; his left rests on the ground behind
him ; in front of him stands a female figure holding up^a
tympanon; behind the male figure another female figure hold-
ing a wreath over his head ; both female figures have their
hair drawn back and tied behind, and wear necklaces, arm-
lets, and talaric chitons; the one on the right wears a mantle
and sandals ; the male figure is beardless ; a mantle is thrown
over his seat and the upper part of his thighs (this part
seems repainted); above are a ball and an oblong object, per-
haps a small window, ope ; on the cover is another smaller vase
of a similar shape; on one side 3. a female figure standing to
the left, wearing a talaric chiton girt at the waist; in her right
hand she holds a crooked stick; 4. a female figure standing
to the front, her head looking to the right towards a pyxis,
which she holds out in her right hand; her hair is drawn
back and tied at the roots behind; she wears a necklace,
armlets, and a talaric chiton girt at the waist.
1588. Apulian two-handled Vase, with Cover,
ccl. 13^ in. Design red and white on a black ground: 1.
^Egipan, standing before a Meenad, who moves away to the
left, looking back at him ; he is beardless, a belt of beads
passes across his body, hanging from the right shoulder; in
his left hand he holds a wreath; he raises the forefinger of
his right hand towards the MaBnad, who wears a cap and a
talaric chitSn girt at the waist, over which falls an upper
fold, ornamented with a vertical stripe ; on her feet are white
sandals; in her left hand she holds a basket, kaneon, contain-