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Smith, Cecil Harcourt; British Museum <London> [Editor]
Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 3): Vases of the finest period — London, 1896

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266 CATALOGUE OF VASES.

head towards Ariadne, who is similarly seated behind him, in a mantle which
covers only her legs, and a saccos. On her r. arm outstretched, Eros, a full-
grown boy, with wings raised, kneels on his r. knee and extends both arms as if
offering her a wreath, which is not shown. In front of her a panther advances,
lowering its head as if about to lick her feet. On the 1. a Satyr advances with
r. hand on his hip, and on the r. Pan, goat-legged, bearded and horned, sits on a
rock, twirling aloft in his r. a short knotted hunter's club.

(6) Three draped ephebi, two to r. confronting one on r.; on r. a stele (?).

E 436,. FRAGMENT from the shoulder of an amphora or stamnos (?). Ht. 2', in., width 2,1 in.

Naucratis, 1888. Purple leaves ; above the design has been tongue pattern.

Part of the branches from r. side of an apple-tree with fruit ; in the lower part is the upper
end of a spear (?).

E 436^. FRAGMENT of an amphora (?). Ht. 2 in., width if in. Naucratis, 1886. Same style

as preceding. Beard edged with wavy lines. Above is part of an egg pattern.

A bearded man, with himation over 1. shoulder, standing" to r. Only head and shoulders
preserved.

E 437-457- STAMNI.

[E 437—439 and 449 have cylindrical handles, the remainder have

reeded handles.]

E 437. STAMNOS. Old No. 789. Ht. IQ| in. Cervetri. Campanari (?). Formerly in the

possession of General Galassi in Rome. Bull, dell' Inst. 1835, P- I25 j Gerhard, A. V. ii,
pi. 115, p. 106 ; Panofka, Dcr Vase/16. Panphdios, pi. 5, p. 6, no. 9 ; Wiener Vorlegebl. D, pi. vi,
2 ; Brunn, Kiinstlergesch. ii, p. 725, no. 19 ; Trans. Roy. Soc. Lit. 1843, i, p. 100, pi. iii. :
Klein, Meisiersig.'- p. 97 ; see Arch. Zeit. 1885, p. no, note ; Krctschmer, Vaseninschr. pp. 136,
150. Finest style of Pamphaios. Purple wreaths, leaves, inscriptions. Inner markings in
fine black glaze lines. Eye in archaic form, with dotted pupil. Outline of hair incised ; edge
of beard in fine dots or lines. Below, two thin red lines close together. Above, on the
shoulder, an ivy-wreath surmounted by a band of tongue pattern. Around the bottom of the
body rays, and around the handles tongue. All these ornaments are black on red. Below
each handle is a double palmette, from which three (in one case two) palmettos issue on
each side ; these are red on black. At the upper part of each insertion of a handle is a small
raised knob, left red, as if intended to imitate the rivets in a metal vase of this form ; the shape
of the lip is very metallic in treatment.

(a) Contest of Heracles with Aeheloos. Heracles, bearded, with short
hair wreathed, coming from the 1., has thrown his 1. leg across the body of
Aeheloos, and bends forward, compressing the river-god's throat with his
1. hand, while with his r. he tries to break off the horn. Aeheloos has
the bust of a Seilenos or Centaur, to which is joined the long scaly body
of a snake, with spiny fins above and below; the tail is partly broken
 
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