A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 2) (London, 1870)

OF VASES. 207

1675. Panathenaic Amphora with pointed base,
cxxxvi.* 1 ft. 3i9(j in. Wants the stand for the foot.
Design pale red on a Mack ground : 1. on the left stands
a male figure, bearded and draped, leaning on a staff; his
hair is bound with a diadem ; opposite to him a female
figure holding out to him a kalathos ; her hair is gathered
under a net, kekryphalos, and bound with a diadem, of which
the long ends hang down her back; she wears a talaric
chitdn with sleeves and a peplos: 2. rev. two youthful male
figures standing, conversing ; they are beardless ; their hair
is bound with a diadem ; the one on the right wears
a mantle, which leaves his right shoulder and arm unco-
vered ; he advances his right hand, as if speaking; his
companion has his body and both hands enveloped in his
mantle; both arms are advanced so that the drapery pro-
trudes at a right angle to the body, his right arm on a level
with the shoulder, his left on a level with the waist.

1676. Vase with two Handles, cclxii. 2tV in.
Design red on a black ground : 1. a female head, profile to
the left, the hair partially covered by a cap, open behind:
2. rev. the same subject, somewhat repainted. T.

1677. Vase with four Handles, cclxiii. 1 ft. 7^„ in.
Design red and white on a black ground : 1. Aktaion devoured
by his hounds ; in the centre of the scene, Aktaion kneeling
on his left knee on a flowery bank; on the left, a hound has
seized his right breast, another his right thigh ; a third hound,
on the right, seizes his left thigh, behind which, on higher
ground, is another hound about to spring at his throat; on
this side are three more hounds, one standing near Aktaion,
snuffing at his left elbow, and on the extreme right, behind
a tree, one seated, the other springing forward ; on the
extreme left, Artemis stands, holding out the forefinger
of her right hand, as if urging on the hounds; her left
hand rests on a spear; at her left side stands a hound;
Aktaion has stag's horns and ears growing out of his fore-
head ; he is beardless, and has long hair flowing down his
neck ; a chlamys with a black engrailed border hangs down
his back and over his left arm; it is fastened over the breast
with a circular brooch, perone; he wears buskins, endro-
mides; with his right hand he raises a sword over his head,
to strike the foremost hound on the right; streams of blood
flow from the wounds in his right breast and thighs;