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

OF VASES. 245

1867. Askos. cccvm. 4T3„ in. On the top, a mask of
Medusa in relief, full face; the body reeded. Bequeathed by
Miss Auldjo, 1859.

1868. ------------ cccvm. 5^0 in. On the top, a mask

of Medusa in relief, full face; the body reeded. Bequeathed
lij Miss Auldjo, 1859.

1869.-------------cccvm. 2TV in. On the top, a mask

of Medusa in relief, full face, surrounded by snakes ; the
body reeded.

1870.------------ cccvm. 3-fV in. On the top, in relief,

a lion's head and fore paws to the front; the sides of the
vase reeded. Naples, T. B.

1871. •------------cccvm. 3TV in. On the top, four

astragali in relief; the body reeded. St.

1872. ------------- cccix. 2\ in. On the top, in relief,

Orestes kneels, defending himself, with his sword in his
right hand, against a snake, which springs at his face ; he
is kneeling on the rock at Delphi, and with his arm
clings to the omphalos of Apollo for protection, which is
covered with fillets, tetainiomenos; he is naked, and wears
endromides; the cavity of this vase is pierced with a funnel-
like aperture at the bottom; inside is a rattle; the sides are
reeded. Magna Grmcia.

Dor. No. 1381. E. Eochette, Mon. In£d. Orest. p. 155.

1873. ■------------cccx. 3TV in. On the top, in relief,

Thetis riding on a Hippocamp, and carrying the armour of
Achilles; she wears a talaric chiton girt at the waist, and a
peplos thrown over her knees; in her right hand she bears
the spear, on her left arm the shield of Achilles, on which
is an eagle (?) in relief; the Hippocamp terminates in a fish's
tail, fimbriated at the edge; the body of the vase reeded.
Magna Grcecia.

Dur. No. 1361.

1874.------------ cccvur. 2-& in. On the top five

honeysuckle flowers, punched in, between two concentric
grooved circles ; the sides reeded.

1875. Askos with Human-headed Spout. cccxi.