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COTYL/E. 139
staff, with three branches sprouting from the top : he has an ivy wreath: his
mantle, wound close around his- body, covers his r. arm : on the 1., his name,
AlONV$o$, AioVfcro?. Next on r. is Amphitrite, in long chiton with colpos,
mantle which she draws over her shoulder with her r. hand, earrings, neck-
lace of dots, and hair looped up With a fillet : in her 1. she holds against
her body a dolphin : over her, her name, AN*ITPITE, 'Xvfpirptrr): she moves
to 1., but looks back at Poseidon (under the handle), who is seated to
1. on a cushioned diphros, but who looks round towards Triptolemos:
he is bearded and wreathed with olive, and wears a long chiton and
mantle : his long hair is looped up : in his 1. lie holds a dolphin, in his r. a
sceptre, the top of which is lost in the handle of the vase. On the r., his name,
POSEIAON, TloaeiSuv.
E 141. COTYLE. Ht. 5 Jin. Diam. 6£ in. Marion, Cyprus, 1890. Drawing of a good period.
Purple flames, fillet, ivy branch, and inscriptions. Eye in early stage of profile. Below, a
thin red line. Below each handle, a palmette on a palmette inverted, with tendril ornament.
(a) A woman standing en face, looking to 1., in a Doric chiton schistos,
with apoptygma, and earrings, holding upright in 1. a long burning torch, and
extending in r. a phiale. The hair is looped up with a broad fillet. On 1.,
KAAOJ-, koXo<;.
(b) A Maenad in a long chiton and himation, and radiated fillet, standing to
r. holding upright in 1. a thyrsos ; from its stem an ivy branch springs to r. On
1. KAAE, KaXrj.
E 142. COTYLE. Ht. 5f in. Diam. 7 in. Nola. Blacas Coll. De Rossi, Vast Greet di
Blacas, pi. 2. Broken, and edges of fragments worn ; but very little of design wanting ; surface
and glaze brilliant. Fine style. Purple inscriptions and fillets ; brown inner markings, and for
whiskers in a. Eye of simple profile type, with eyelash. The edge of the hair is indicated by
single strokes of black on the black. The figures stand on a double thin red line, which runs
all round.
(a) A youth in himation and fillet with vertical piece over forehead, leans
forward to r. against a staff, addressing, with extended r. arm, a girl in long
chiton and closely muffled in a himation which passes over the back of her head.
In the background beside her is a chair with cushion decorated with zigzags.
In the field, KAVOJ, /caXoi.
(b) A nude youth, with same gesture of arms, pursues to r. a girl exactly
resembling the one in a, who turns back to look at him. The same inscription
in the field.
Beneath the foot is incised r.
E 143. COTYLE. Ht. 4 in. Diam. 4} in. Cameiros, 1864. Tomb No. F 34. Intact. Surface
discoloured in parts. Fine style of transition. Purple fillet, taenia, and inscription ; brown
inner markings. Eye of transition type. Below, two thin red lines all round. Beneath each
handle, a palmette springing from a stalk, with a tendril and flower on each side.
(a) Nik6 in long sleeved chiton, saccos with vertical piece over the forehead,
and earrings, flies to v., holding out in both hands a taenia towards
staff, with three branches sprouting from the top : he has an ivy wreath: his
mantle, wound close around his- body, covers his r. arm : on the 1., his name,
AlONV$o$, AioVfcro?. Next on r. is Amphitrite, in long chiton with colpos,
mantle which she draws over her shoulder with her r. hand, earrings, neck-
lace of dots, and hair looped up With a fillet : in her 1. she holds against
her body a dolphin : over her, her name, AN*ITPITE, 'Xvfpirptrr): she moves
to 1., but looks back at Poseidon (under the handle), who is seated to
1. on a cushioned diphros, but who looks round towards Triptolemos:
he is bearded and wreathed with olive, and wears a long chiton and
mantle : his long hair is looped up : in his 1. lie holds a dolphin, in his r. a
sceptre, the top of which is lost in the handle of the vase. On the r., his name,
POSEIAON, TloaeiSuv.
E 141. COTYLE. Ht. 5 Jin. Diam. 6£ in. Marion, Cyprus, 1890. Drawing of a good period.
Purple flames, fillet, ivy branch, and inscriptions. Eye in early stage of profile. Below, a
thin red line. Below each handle, a palmette on a palmette inverted, with tendril ornament.
(a) A woman standing en face, looking to 1., in a Doric chiton schistos,
with apoptygma, and earrings, holding upright in 1. a long burning torch, and
extending in r. a phiale. The hair is looped up with a broad fillet. On 1.,
KAAOJ-, koXo<;.
(b) A Maenad in a long chiton and himation, and radiated fillet, standing to
r. holding upright in 1. a thyrsos ; from its stem an ivy branch springs to r. On
1. KAAE, KaXrj.
E 142. COTYLE. Ht. 5f in. Diam. 7 in. Nola. Blacas Coll. De Rossi, Vast Greet di
Blacas, pi. 2. Broken, and edges of fragments worn ; but very little of design wanting ; surface
and glaze brilliant. Fine style. Purple inscriptions and fillets ; brown inner markings, and for
whiskers in a. Eye of simple profile type, with eyelash. The edge of the hair is indicated by
single strokes of black on the black. The figures stand on a double thin red line, which runs
all round.
(a) A youth in himation and fillet with vertical piece over forehead, leans
forward to r. against a staff, addressing, with extended r. arm, a girl in long
chiton and closely muffled in a himation which passes over the back of her head.
In the background beside her is a chair with cushion decorated with zigzags.
In the field, KAVOJ, /caXoi.
(b) A nude youth, with same gesture of arms, pursues to r. a girl exactly
resembling the one in a, who turns back to look at him. The same inscription
in the field.
Beneath the foot is incised r.
E 143. COTYLE. Ht. 4 in. Diam. 4} in. Cameiros, 1864. Tomb No. F 34. Intact. Surface
discoloured in parts. Fine style of transition. Purple fillet, taenia, and inscription ; brown
inner markings. Eye of transition type. Below, two thin red lines all round. Beneath each
handle, a palmette springing from a stalk, with a tendril and flower on each side.
(a) Nik6 in long sleeved chiton, saccos with vertical piece over the forehead,
and earrings, flies to v., holding out in both hands a taenia towards