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48 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
has a snake ornament twined round it. On either side a woman hastens forward
with outstretched hands ; the one on 1. (long chiton with row of dots on skirt,
mantle fastened on r. shoulder, hair looped up with fillet and stephane) holds a
caduceus : the one on r. (long chiton, mantle around neck, hair falling in single
locks bound with fillet) lays her 1. hand on her breast with a gesture of despair.
(b) Seven Amazons arming : i (from /.) holds spear, and lifts shield (seen in
profile, device, a horse prancing to 1.). She wears a helmet and a short
chiton : her body is cut in two by the handle of the vase: ii moves to L, looking
back, holds bow (string a thin black line) in 1., and in r. a battle-axe on shoulder :
wears Phrygian costume, with kidaris decorated with a spiral, and gorytos
covered with scale pattern on which a second bow is fastened with two cross
bands, hanging by double strap from 1. shoulder: iii marches to 1. carrying
shield (device, a hawk flying to 1.) and spear in 1., helmet in r.: a sword hangs by
double strap from r. shoulder, and she wears a helmet and short chiton : iv
is turned to r., raising 1. leg to fit on greave : the other leg is already greaved ; she
wears a short chiton, and a purple hair-band looping up hair : v is turned to 1.,
r. hand resting on spear; on 1. arm shield (device, a snake arched to 1.) ; wears
helmet with spiral on crown and short chiton : vi (balancing ii) moves to r.,
looking back ; holds up bow in 1. : Phrygian costume, with gorytos hanging by
double strap from r. shoulder: her kidaris has a spiral on crown, and very long
flaps, the inner edge of which is cut in form of wave pattern: vii balances no. i
in the composition, and is similar, but her body is clear of the handle of the
vase: her shield device is a hawk flying to 1.; she wears greaves, and a sword
hanging from double cross-belt; round the scabbard an ornament is twined.
[The figures in b are grouped with a view to symmetrical composition ; nos. i, iii, vii
are bending figures, but their heads are nevertheless on same level as those of the other figures,
who are erect. The chitons throughout b are peculiarly treated : they are succinct, and below
the girdle fall in pteryges ; above the girdle no folds whatever are indicated : an exception is
no. iv, whose chiton is not girt at waist. In a and b a smooth even wash of shiny reddish
brown is used for (in a) the chitons of the winged figures below the girdle, and (in b) the entire
chiton of iv and the lower part of the chiton of vii : also for the smooth surfaces of the
Phrygian dress throughout (in ii it is applied by mistake to the rough surface of the anaxyrides).
The same colour is used for inner markings throughout a, where the anatomy is very carefully
indicated : for the fine folds of the chitons, except the cases just remarked : for the fringe of the
hair of the dead figure, and of the winged figure on the 1. : for the whiskers of this figure and the
whole hair of the other winged figure, which is painted in separate locks. In b and in int.
no inner markings are used. The treatment of the eyeball throughout varies considerably ;
for the Seilenos in int., for the three central figures in a, and for figs, vi and vii in b, it is
a dot within a circle : but that of the Seilenos is set at right angles to the mouth, that of
the dead man is half hidden by the upper eyelid : that of the 1. hand winged figure is seen in
profile, all the others en face. The remaining figures have the ordinary eye of the Epictetic
school. The outline of the hair is variously treated : in int. it is incised : in a it is partly incised,
partly painted red : in b. nos. i and vi have it left red, no. iv has it incised, though just
below the incised line is a minute row of dots, black on black. The purple hair bands in a
seem to have been originally incised. Sketch marks throughout. Around edge of foot,
1 ANQAIO^EnOlFiPN ndvcjiaios htoir]acv. Below the ext.scenes, a band of palmettes, alternately
inverted, black on red : cf. the Phintias hydria E 159. The question of technique is important
has a snake ornament twined round it. On either side a woman hastens forward
with outstretched hands ; the one on 1. (long chiton with row of dots on skirt,
mantle fastened on r. shoulder, hair looped up with fillet and stephane) holds a
caduceus : the one on r. (long chiton, mantle around neck, hair falling in single
locks bound with fillet) lays her 1. hand on her breast with a gesture of despair.
(b) Seven Amazons arming : i (from /.) holds spear, and lifts shield (seen in
profile, device, a horse prancing to 1.). She wears a helmet and a short
chiton : her body is cut in two by the handle of the vase: ii moves to L, looking
back, holds bow (string a thin black line) in 1., and in r. a battle-axe on shoulder :
wears Phrygian costume, with kidaris decorated with a spiral, and gorytos
covered with scale pattern on which a second bow is fastened with two cross
bands, hanging by double strap from 1. shoulder: iii marches to 1. carrying
shield (device, a hawk flying to 1.) and spear in 1., helmet in r.: a sword hangs by
double strap from r. shoulder, and she wears a helmet and short chiton : iv
is turned to r., raising 1. leg to fit on greave : the other leg is already greaved ; she
wears a short chiton, and a purple hair-band looping up hair : v is turned to 1.,
r. hand resting on spear; on 1. arm shield (device, a snake arched to 1.) ; wears
helmet with spiral on crown and short chiton : vi (balancing ii) moves to r.,
looking back ; holds up bow in 1. : Phrygian costume, with gorytos hanging by
double strap from r. shoulder: her kidaris has a spiral on crown, and very long
flaps, the inner edge of which is cut in form of wave pattern: vii balances no. i
in the composition, and is similar, but her body is clear of the handle of the
vase: her shield device is a hawk flying to 1.; she wears greaves, and a sword
hanging from double cross-belt; round the scabbard an ornament is twined.
[The figures in b are grouped with a view to symmetrical composition ; nos. i, iii, vii
are bending figures, but their heads are nevertheless on same level as those of the other figures,
who are erect. The chitons throughout b are peculiarly treated : they are succinct, and below
the girdle fall in pteryges ; above the girdle no folds whatever are indicated : an exception is
no. iv, whose chiton is not girt at waist. In a and b a smooth even wash of shiny reddish
brown is used for (in a) the chitons of the winged figures below the girdle, and (in b) the entire
chiton of iv and the lower part of the chiton of vii : also for the smooth surfaces of the
Phrygian dress throughout (in ii it is applied by mistake to the rough surface of the anaxyrides).
The same colour is used for inner markings throughout a, where the anatomy is very carefully
indicated : for the fine folds of the chitons, except the cases just remarked : for the fringe of the
hair of the dead figure, and of the winged figure on the 1. : for the whiskers of this figure and the
whole hair of the other winged figure, which is painted in separate locks. In b and in int.
no inner markings are used. The treatment of the eyeball throughout varies considerably ;
for the Seilenos in int., for the three central figures in a, and for figs, vi and vii in b, it is
a dot within a circle : but that of the Seilenos is set at right angles to the mouth, that of
the dead man is half hidden by the upper eyelid : that of the 1. hand winged figure is seen in
profile, all the others en face. The remaining figures have the ordinary eye of the Epictetic
school. The outline of the hair is variously treated : in int. it is incised : in a it is partly incised,
partly painted red : in b. nos. i and vi have it left red, no. iv has it incised, though just
below the incised line is a minute row of dots, black on black. The purple hair bands in a
seem to have been originally incised. Sketch marks throughout. Around edge of foot,
1 ANQAIO^EnOlFiPN ndvcjiaios htoir]acv. Below the ext.scenes, a band of palmettes, alternately
inverted, black on red : cf. the Phintias hydria E 159. The question of technique is important