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222 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
markings of anatomy : the whiskers of the warrior arc curiously rendered, with a thin stroke of
brown crossed by three short strokes ; and the beard and hair in b are indicated by an outline
only of brown dots. Eye in transition type. Below the figures in a, a strip of pairs of maeanders
set in alternate directions and separated by dotted crosses ; below b, a strip of maeander.
(a) Youthful warrior pursuing a woman. The warrior (chiton, cuirass,
mantle over shoulders, helmet with raised cheekpieces), holding spear and shield
(device, arching snake to 1.), pursues to 1. a woman, laying his r. on her shoulder.
She looks back, extending her arms on either side with a gesture of surprise ;
she wears sleeved chiton, himaticn falling from 1. shoulder in pteryges, a necklace
with cruciform pendant, and stephane : her hair has the ends passed through a
roll.
(b) A bearded old man, bald over the forehead, wearing long sleeved
chiton, himation, fillet, standing to 1., resting r. on staff.
E 311. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 13J in. Nola. Blacas Coll. fil. Ce'r. i. pi. 39, p. 107.
Later stage of severe style ; the proportions inaccurate, almost grotesque in b. Purple wreath
and bracelets. Light brown inner markings, beard and ends of hair. The fringe of hair over
the forehead is in b denoted in the archaic manner. Eye of archaic type, with large pupil at
inner angle in b, but in profile in a. Breast in form of dotted rosette. Below each side, strip
of two meanders in alternate directions, separated by dotted crosses.
(a) A bearded man,* wreathed, mantle, 1. holding staff, r. extended in front,
runs to 1. at full speed, pursuing
(b) A woman (sleeved chiton, himation fastened on 1. shoulder, bracelets,
stephane, hair falling in three long wavy tresses) who runs to 1., looking back,
her arms outstretched on either side with a gesture of fear.
E 312. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 12J in. Nola. Blacas Coll. Surface partially restored,
but most of the design is complete. Late stage of strong style. Purple taenia;, wreath
and sprigs of laurel. Elaborate brown inner markings. Thinned black for ends of hair.
Drapery in regular groups of folds, but the general drawing is spirited. Eye in transition type.
Below (a), a strip of maiander broken by a red cross square and a dotted cross square :
below (b), a strip of maeander.
(1-?) Nike flying to r., holding out in both hands a taenia : she wears a
sleeved chiton girt, bracelets, and a radiated stephane : her hair falls down her
back in long wavy tresses.
(b) A nude ephebos, a victorious athlete ?, wearing two wreaths and
holding in each hand another wreath, a long taenia fastened by its end to each
forearm, walking to 1. Upper part of 1. arm restored. On the bottom of the
foot, an incised character *.
[For a similar subject cf. Gerhard, A. V. iv, pll. 274-5, p. 48 ; Panofka, Griechinneu und
Gr. pi. 1, no. u.]
E 313. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 13J in. Nola. Blacas Coll. Overbeck, Kunstmyth. (Zeus),
p. 401, a ; Mus. Campana, CI. 1, scr. 4-7, no. 58. Strong style. Purple fillet of Zeus, bracelets,
There seems no sufficient reason for De Witte's identification of Hephaistos pursuing Aphrodite.
markings of anatomy : the whiskers of the warrior arc curiously rendered, with a thin stroke of
brown crossed by three short strokes ; and the beard and hair in b are indicated by an outline
only of brown dots. Eye in transition type. Below the figures in a, a strip of pairs of maeanders
set in alternate directions and separated by dotted crosses ; below b, a strip of maeander.
(a) Youthful warrior pursuing a woman. The warrior (chiton, cuirass,
mantle over shoulders, helmet with raised cheekpieces), holding spear and shield
(device, arching snake to 1.), pursues to 1. a woman, laying his r. on her shoulder.
She looks back, extending her arms on either side with a gesture of surprise ;
she wears sleeved chiton, himaticn falling from 1. shoulder in pteryges, a necklace
with cruciform pendant, and stephane : her hair has the ends passed through a
roll.
(b) A bearded old man, bald over the forehead, wearing long sleeved
chiton, himation, fillet, standing to 1., resting r. on staff.
E 311. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 13J in. Nola. Blacas Coll. fil. Ce'r. i. pi. 39, p. 107.
Later stage of severe style ; the proportions inaccurate, almost grotesque in b. Purple wreath
and bracelets. Light brown inner markings, beard and ends of hair. The fringe of hair over
the forehead is in b denoted in the archaic manner. Eye of archaic type, with large pupil at
inner angle in b, but in profile in a. Breast in form of dotted rosette. Below each side, strip
of two meanders in alternate directions, separated by dotted crosses.
(a) A bearded man,* wreathed, mantle, 1. holding staff, r. extended in front,
runs to 1. at full speed, pursuing
(b) A woman (sleeved chiton, himation fastened on 1. shoulder, bracelets,
stephane, hair falling in three long wavy tresses) who runs to 1., looking back,
her arms outstretched on either side with a gesture of fear.
E 312. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 12J in. Nola. Blacas Coll. Surface partially restored,
but most of the design is complete. Late stage of strong style. Purple taenia;, wreath
and sprigs of laurel. Elaborate brown inner markings. Thinned black for ends of hair.
Drapery in regular groups of folds, but the general drawing is spirited. Eye in transition type.
Below (a), a strip of maiander broken by a red cross square and a dotted cross square :
below (b), a strip of maeander.
(1-?) Nike flying to r., holding out in both hands a taenia : she wears a
sleeved chiton girt, bracelets, and a radiated stephane : her hair falls down her
back in long wavy tresses.
(b) A nude ephebos, a victorious athlete ?, wearing two wreaths and
holding in each hand another wreath, a long taenia fastened by its end to each
forearm, walking to 1. Upper part of 1. arm restored. On the bottom of the
foot, an incised character *.
[For a similar subject cf. Gerhard, A. V. iv, pll. 274-5, p. 48 ; Panofka, Griechinneu und
Gr. pi. 1, no. u.]
E 313. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 13J in. Nola. Blacas Coll. Overbeck, Kunstmyth. (Zeus),
p. 401, a ; Mus. Campana, CI. 1, scr. 4-7, no. 58. Strong style. Purple fillet of Zeus, bracelets,
There seems no sufficient reason for De Witte's identification of Hephaistos pursuing Aphrodite.