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CRATERS WITH COLUMNAR HANDLES (kELEB.-e). 29 I
spread on each side, resting 1. on the edge of a shield, and holding in r. an
oinochoe ; she looks to r. towards a youth in a short girt chiton, and radiated
fillet, with mantle on 1. arm and petasos hanging at back, two spears in his 1.
hand, who holds out in r. a phiale towards her. Behind him a bearded man
wreathed with laurel, wearing long sleeved chiton and himation, who looks on,
holding upright in his r. a staff; his hair has probably been white, now faded.
On the r. stands a woman holding a sceptre upright in her r.; she wears a long
sleeved chiton and an himation, and her hair is looped up with a radiated
stephane decorated with meander pattern.
K 471—491. CRATERS WITH COLUMNAR HANDLES (KELEB/E).
^ 471. KELEBE. Ht.l2fin. Diam. 10 in. Apulia (?). Blacas Coll. Late stage of severe
style. Edge of hair dotted. Brown tie on altar. Eye archaic. At the bottom of the body,
rays ; on the neck, linked lotus-buds.
(a) Offering to Dionysos. Before a bearded term of Dionysos, standing
to 1. on a plinth, is an altar in the form of an Ionic capital, with necking of egg
pattern. Beside this in the background stands a bearded man in a himation,
with a knotted crutch-staff on his 1. arm, who holds up in his r. towards
Dionysos a short rod (like a flute?). The statue has long hair, and a square
mark drawn in outline on the shoulder.
(/;) Draped ephebos leaning on a staff to 1. On the foot an incised
character -k ; on the upper surface of one handle is incised t •
*" 472. KELEBE. Ht. ij\ in. Diam. 15I in. Gela, 1875. Much injured, but (a) is complete
except that the upper part of Thetis' head and her 1. arm are broken away. Large style.
Purple wreath. Fine brown inner markings, and folds of the upper part (not apoptygma)
of Peleus' chiton. Eye in transition type. The hair of Peleus is edged with single wavy
lines. Below, a thin purple line. Round the lowest part of the body, rays ; round the neck,
linked lotus-buds.
(a) Peleus seizing Thetis. Peleus, beardless and wreathed, with short
chiton and apoptygma, striding forward from 1., has locked his arms around the
body of Thetis, his hands clasped on her 1. shoulder. She moves away to r.,
looking round to 1. and extending her r. arm, on which is an arching snake
which bites the back of Peleus' head. She wears a long chiton, over which is a
second long chiton of thicker material, undergirt and with apoptygma, decorated
with rows of dots and zigzags, and a necklace of beads.
(b) A Seilenos running at full speed to 1., with one arm extended in front,
the other behind, like the runners in the short foot-race on Panathenaic
amphora; {e.g. B 137 and B 611).
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spread on each side, resting 1. on the edge of a shield, and holding in r. an
oinochoe ; she looks to r. towards a youth in a short girt chiton, and radiated
fillet, with mantle on 1. arm and petasos hanging at back, two spears in his 1.
hand, who holds out in r. a phiale towards her. Behind him a bearded man
wreathed with laurel, wearing long sleeved chiton and himation, who looks on,
holding upright in his r. a staff; his hair has probably been white, now faded.
On the r. stands a woman holding a sceptre upright in her r.; she wears a long
sleeved chiton and an himation, and her hair is looped up with a radiated
stephane decorated with meander pattern.
K 471—491. CRATERS WITH COLUMNAR HANDLES (KELEB/E).
^ 471. KELEBE. Ht.l2fin. Diam. 10 in. Apulia (?). Blacas Coll. Late stage of severe
style. Edge of hair dotted. Brown tie on altar. Eye archaic. At the bottom of the body,
rays ; on the neck, linked lotus-buds.
(a) Offering to Dionysos. Before a bearded term of Dionysos, standing
to 1. on a plinth, is an altar in the form of an Ionic capital, with necking of egg
pattern. Beside this in the background stands a bearded man in a himation,
with a knotted crutch-staff on his 1. arm, who holds up in his r. towards
Dionysos a short rod (like a flute?). The statue has long hair, and a square
mark drawn in outline on the shoulder.
(/;) Draped ephebos leaning on a staff to 1. On the foot an incised
character -k ; on the upper surface of one handle is incised t •
*" 472. KELEBE. Ht. ij\ in. Diam. 15I in. Gela, 1875. Much injured, but (a) is complete
except that the upper part of Thetis' head and her 1. arm are broken away. Large style.
Purple wreath. Fine brown inner markings, and folds of the upper part (not apoptygma)
of Peleus' chiton. Eye in transition type. The hair of Peleus is edged with single wavy
lines. Below, a thin purple line. Round the lowest part of the body, rays ; round the neck,
linked lotus-buds.
(a) Peleus seizing Thetis. Peleus, beardless and wreathed, with short
chiton and apoptygma, striding forward from 1., has locked his arms around the
body of Thetis, his hands clasped on her 1. shoulder. She moves away to r.,
looking round to 1. and extending her r. arm, on which is an arching snake
which bites the back of Peleus' head. She wears a long chiton, over which is a
second long chiton of thicker material, undergirt and with apoptygma, decorated
with rows of dots and zigzags, and a necklace of beads.
(b) A Seilenos running at full speed to 1., with one arm extended in front,
the other behind, like the runners in the short foot-race on Panathenaic
amphora; {e.g. B 137 and B 611).
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