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AMPHORAE WITH RED BODY. 165
B 271. AMPHORA. Old No. 521. Ht. I7T3S in. From Vulci. Canino Coll. 1612. Acces-
sories sparingly used.
(a) Boxing-match : An athlete to r. is about to strike with his fist his
opponent, who has fallen on r. knee, and is looking back with 1. hand raised,
as if appealing to a bearded figure behind, who stands to 1., with r. hand
raised, holding a strap in 1. hand ; all three are nude. On the 1. is a brabeus
to r., bearded, with large laurel-wreath on his head, himation with purple spots,
in r. hand a long forked stick or lygos. In the field a tree.
(b) In the centre, a nude athlete to r., bearded, in r. hand a disfcos, which he
is about to hurl ; facing him is a similar athlete ; on ]., a paidotribes to r., as the
brabeus in (a). In the field a tree.
B 272. AMPHORA. Old No. 529. Kt. V]% in. From Vulci. -Durand Coll. 817.
(a) In the centre, a nude youth on horseback, seen from the front, with two
spears in r. hand. On either side, facing him, is a female figure with long hair,
long chiton, and himation with purple spots ; each holds out a hand muffled in
drapery.
(b) A quadriga seen from the front; in it a charioteer in long white chiton,
holding goad, and a warrior with visored helmet and two spears.
B 273. AMPHORA. Old No. 550. Ht. 17a in. From Vulci. Canino Coll. 1554. On the
shoulder, each side, tongue-pattern and lotos-buds inverted. Under the handles, a design of
four palmettes with volutes.
(«) A biga to r., into which a nude bearded figure is stepping, with goad in
r. hand, and reins in both. One of the horses is white, and wears a collar with
pendant ornaments (palmettes and buds alternately) ; a beardless male figure
in a long purple chiton stands to 1. at the other's head, adjusting the harness.
(b) Two male figures walking to r. leading their horses ; the first is
bearded, with short chiton and shoulder-belt ; the second is beardless, with fillet
and short purple chiton.
B 274. AMPHORA. Old No. 528. Ht. 20 in. From Vulci. Durand Coll. 686. On the
shoulder, tongue-pattern and lotos-buds inverted.
(a) Departure of mounted warriors : In the centre, a youth walking to r.
at the further side of two horses, with white petasos, striped chlamys, and two
spears in 1. hand. He looks back at a female figure who stands behind the
horses, extending her hands towards him ; she has long tresses and a long
embroidered chiton, with girdle and looped up sleeves. At the horses' heads
stands another beardless male figure to 1., with striped chlamys over shoulders,
spear in 1. hand, r. extended.
(/;) Departure of a warrior: A quadriga to r., into which a fully-armed
warrior is stepping ; he holds two spears and reins in r. hand. At the further
side of the quadriga are two warriors to 1., with visored helmets (that of the
second warrior high-crested), greaves, and shields ; that of the first is painted
B 271. AMPHORA. Old No. 521. Ht. I7T3S in. From Vulci. Canino Coll. 1612. Acces-
sories sparingly used.
(a) Boxing-match : An athlete to r. is about to strike with his fist his
opponent, who has fallen on r. knee, and is looking back with 1. hand raised,
as if appealing to a bearded figure behind, who stands to 1., with r. hand
raised, holding a strap in 1. hand ; all three are nude. On the 1. is a brabeus
to r., bearded, with large laurel-wreath on his head, himation with purple spots,
in r. hand a long forked stick or lygos. In the field a tree.
(b) In the centre, a nude athlete to r., bearded, in r. hand a disfcos, which he
is about to hurl ; facing him is a similar athlete ; on ]., a paidotribes to r., as the
brabeus in (a). In the field a tree.
B 272. AMPHORA. Old No. 529. Kt. V]% in. From Vulci. -Durand Coll. 817.
(a) In the centre, a nude youth on horseback, seen from the front, with two
spears in r. hand. On either side, facing him, is a female figure with long hair,
long chiton, and himation with purple spots ; each holds out a hand muffled in
drapery.
(b) A quadriga seen from the front; in it a charioteer in long white chiton,
holding goad, and a warrior with visored helmet and two spears.
B 273. AMPHORA. Old No. 550. Ht. 17a in. From Vulci. Canino Coll. 1554. On the
shoulder, each side, tongue-pattern and lotos-buds inverted. Under the handles, a design of
four palmettes with volutes.
(«) A biga to r., into which a nude bearded figure is stepping, with goad in
r. hand, and reins in both. One of the horses is white, and wears a collar with
pendant ornaments (palmettes and buds alternately) ; a beardless male figure
in a long purple chiton stands to 1. at the other's head, adjusting the harness.
(b) Two male figures walking to r. leading their horses ; the first is
bearded, with short chiton and shoulder-belt ; the second is beardless, with fillet
and short purple chiton.
B 274. AMPHORA. Old No. 528. Ht. 20 in. From Vulci. Durand Coll. 686. On the
shoulder, tongue-pattern and lotos-buds inverted.
(a) Departure of mounted warriors : In the centre, a youth walking to r.
at the further side of two horses, with white petasos, striped chlamys, and two
spears in 1. hand. He looks back at a female figure who stands behind the
horses, extending her hands towards him ; she has long tresses and a long
embroidered chiton, with girdle and looped up sleeves. At the horses' heads
stands another beardless male figure to 1., with striped chlamys over shoulders,
spear in 1. hand, r. extended.
(/;) Departure of a warrior: A quadriga to r., into which a fully-armed
warrior is stepping ; he holds two spears and reins in r. hand. At the further
side of the quadriga are two warriors to 1., with visored helmets (that of the
second warrior high-crested), greaves, and shields ; that of the first is painted