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accompanied by Eros; and "behind Pelops, Hippodameia
led by her mother, Sterope. Above these figures are the
heads of Pelar and Periphas, two former suitors, slain by
Oinomaos. The position of these heads, and of the pilos
and sword hanging up in line with them, serves to indicate
the palace of Oinomaos in the background, to which these
objects were attached. (2) In the upper division, on the
reverse, is a group of youths and female figures, holding
sashes, wreaths, dishes of fruit, and other objects, probably
love tokens. (3) Lower division : Pound the ATase runs
a composition representing mourners bringing offerings to
the tomb of a hero. (4) The neck of the vase is orna-
mented on both sides with a female head issuing from the
calyx of a flower. The principal figures on this magni-
ficent vase are inscribed with names ; the letters are incised,
as is sometimes the case on vases of a late epoch. The
aspirate in the name Hippodameia is indicated by pre-
fixing the disramma in the late form in which it occurs on
the coinS of the Lucanian Heraklea, Euvo. Arch. Zeit.
1853, pi. liv. fig. 1; Vase Cat, No. 1429.
No. 2. Amphora of black ribbed ware, with ornaments
modelled and painted in white and other colours. The
vase stands on a square pedestal; on the cover, which is
surmounted by a bird standing on a floral ornament, is
painted a winged female head between two tendrils; the
handles are richly ornamented, and the base is encircled by
a row of projecting leaves. This vase is a fine sample of
the rich and luxuriant st}de of ornament which charac-
terises fictile art in its decline. Gnatia, in Apulia. Be-
queatlied by Sir Wm. Temple.
No. 3. Vase of glazed ware, modelled in the form of a
goose, from the back of wdiich the spout of the va~e rises ; in
front of the spout is a diminutive Eros astride on the back
of the goose, and placing his right hand on its neck as if to
guide the bird ; round the neck of the goose is a twisted
ornament resembling a tore, and higher \\p on the neck a
black ring. Eros is painted in greenish white with speckled
wings, the head and neck of the goose green, the body and
wings brown and white; the pencilling of the feathers is
rendered with great care and delicacy, and the figure of
Eros modelled with remarkable spirit. This group is further
remarkable for the rarity of this kind of glazed ware and
its admirable preservation. Height, 7 in. Tanagra.
accompanied by Eros; and "behind Pelops, Hippodameia
led by her mother, Sterope. Above these figures are the
heads of Pelar and Periphas, two former suitors, slain by
Oinomaos. The position of these heads, and of the pilos
and sword hanging up in line with them, serves to indicate
the palace of Oinomaos in the background, to which these
objects were attached. (2) In the upper division, on the
reverse, is a group of youths and female figures, holding
sashes, wreaths, dishes of fruit, and other objects, probably
love tokens. (3) Lower division : Pound the ATase runs
a composition representing mourners bringing offerings to
the tomb of a hero. (4) The neck of the vase is orna-
mented on both sides with a female head issuing from the
calyx of a flower. The principal figures on this magni-
ficent vase are inscribed with names ; the letters are incised,
as is sometimes the case on vases of a late epoch. The
aspirate in the name Hippodameia is indicated by pre-
fixing the disramma in the late form in which it occurs on
the coinS of the Lucanian Heraklea, Euvo. Arch. Zeit.
1853, pi. liv. fig. 1; Vase Cat, No. 1429.
No. 2. Amphora of black ribbed ware, with ornaments
modelled and painted in white and other colours. The
vase stands on a square pedestal; on the cover, which is
surmounted by a bird standing on a floral ornament, is
painted a winged female head between two tendrils; the
handles are richly ornamented, and the base is encircled by
a row of projecting leaves. This vase is a fine sample of
the rich and luxuriant st}de of ornament which charac-
terises fictile art in its decline. Gnatia, in Apulia. Be-
queatlied by Sir Wm. Temple.
No. 3. Vase of glazed ware, modelled in the form of a
goose, from the back of wdiich the spout of the va~e rises ; in
front of the spout is a diminutive Eros astride on the back
of the goose, and placing his right hand on its neck as if to
guide the bird ; round the neck of the goose is a twisted
ornament resembling a tore, and higher \\p on the neck a
black ring. Eros is painted in greenish white with speckled
wings, the head and neck of the goose green, the body and
wings brown and white; the pencilling of the feathers is
rendered with great care and delicacy, and the figure of
Eros modelled with remarkable spirit. This group is further
remarkable for the rarity of this kind of glazed ware and
its admirable preservation. Height, 7 in. Tanagra.