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292 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
E 473. KELEBE. Old No. 1266. Ht. 15} in. Diam. 13-g in. Steuart Coll., 1846. Roscher,
s.v. Kaineus, p. 894; Hartwig, Meistcrsch. p. 546, note 1, and p. 552, note 1 ; Bonner Studien,
p. 252, no. ix. Severe style. Purple fillets, leaves on tree, blood, and wreath. Brown inner
markings, folds of chiton, and wash on shoulder-pieces of cuirass. Eye archaic (inner angle
open). Hair edged with wavy brown lines. Ornaments as E 476.
(a) Kaineus slain by Centaurs. The Lapith is half-buried in the ground,
and is visible only from a little below the waist upwards. He has a short chiton,
a cuirass of which the body is of skin (indicated by small circles), a helmet with
raised cheek-pieces decorated with a dotted spiral, a scabbard, and shield (device
a tripod) seen in perspective, the lower edge partly buried in the ground. He is
en face, but looks upward to 1. as he plunges his sword into the equine belly of
the Centaur, so that the blood gushes out. This Centaur has raised in both
arms a rock over the head of Kaineus, but as he feels the wound he rears up,
with mouth open as if he were exclaiming, and seems to drop the rock. The
other Centaur on the r. rears up with forefeet planted on the shoulders of
Kaineus, and 1. hind foot striking at his shield ; with both arms he swings a
great rock above his 1. shoulder, hurling it down on the Lapith. Behind him
a large pine-tree lies obliquely across the design. Both the Centaurs have long
wavy hair and bushy beard ; the wounded one is bald over the temples, and
has the ends of his hair tied with a fillet. On the 1. a second Lapith with
shield (half seen, in perspective ; device, a horse galloping to 1. in silhouette) and
uplifted spear charges to L, attacking a foe who is not shown ; he has a helmet
of which the crown is in silhouette, with a spiral ornament in red, and a heavy
sword at his thigh. He may be advancing to the help of the Lapith in
(b) Combat of Lapith and Centaur. The Centaur, wreathed and bald
over the forehead, charging forward to 1., thrusts with both arms the root-end of
a pine-tree into the chest of the Lapith. Blood gushes from the wound, and the
warrior, who vainly tries to protect himself with shield and sword, falls with bent
knees to the 1. His body and head are en face, the crest of his helmet (which
covers all but the edge of his beard and three tresses of long hair on each
shoulder) drawn heraldically with both sides showing ; his scabbard hangs at
his side.
[The 1. foot of the Lapith has the heel raised, and the toes bent under, pressing on the
ground; cf. the similar motive in the replicas of the Discobolos of Myron. On the foot incised
characters, see Old Catalogue, pi. C. 1266.]
E 474. KELEBE. Ht. 17^ in. Diam. 14I in. Agrigentum. Blacas Coll. Late stage of severe
style. Purple wreaths. Brown inner markings and hair on check. Edge of hair dotted.
Eye archaic. Ornaments as E 476, but the neck and the upper surface of lip black, and there
are no rays below the designs ; on the vertical surface of the lip is a frieze of animals, a lion
and boar confronted, twice repeated over each design.
(a) Four ephebi wreathed with vine going to a symposion. They move in
single file to r.; the first holds on his 1. a cotyle, in his r. a staff; the second
looks back, extending his 1. covered with his mantle, and brandishing in his r. a
E 473. KELEBE. Old No. 1266. Ht. 15} in. Diam. 13-g in. Steuart Coll., 1846. Roscher,
s.v. Kaineus, p. 894; Hartwig, Meistcrsch. p. 546, note 1, and p. 552, note 1 ; Bonner Studien,
p. 252, no. ix. Severe style. Purple fillets, leaves on tree, blood, and wreath. Brown inner
markings, folds of chiton, and wash on shoulder-pieces of cuirass. Eye archaic (inner angle
open). Hair edged with wavy brown lines. Ornaments as E 476.
(a) Kaineus slain by Centaurs. The Lapith is half-buried in the ground,
and is visible only from a little below the waist upwards. He has a short chiton,
a cuirass of which the body is of skin (indicated by small circles), a helmet with
raised cheek-pieces decorated with a dotted spiral, a scabbard, and shield (device
a tripod) seen in perspective, the lower edge partly buried in the ground. He is
en face, but looks upward to 1. as he plunges his sword into the equine belly of
the Centaur, so that the blood gushes out. This Centaur has raised in both
arms a rock over the head of Kaineus, but as he feels the wound he rears up,
with mouth open as if he were exclaiming, and seems to drop the rock. The
other Centaur on the r. rears up with forefeet planted on the shoulders of
Kaineus, and 1. hind foot striking at his shield ; with both arms he swings a
great rock above his 1. shoulder, hurling it down on the Lapith. Behind him
a large pine-tree lies obliquely across the design. Both the Centaurs have long
wavy hair and bushy beard ; the wounded one is bald over the temples, and
has the ends of his hair tied with a fillet. On the 1. a second Lapith with
shield (half seen, in perspective ; device, a horse galloping to 1. in silhouette) and
uplifted spear charges to L, attacking a foe who is not shown ; he has a helmet
of which the crown is in silhouette, with a spiral ornament in red, and a heavy
sword at his thigh. He may be advancing to the help of the Lapith in
(b) Combat of Lapith and Centaur. The Centaur, wreathed and bald
over the forehead, charging forward to 1., thrusts with both arms the root-end of
a pine-tree into the chest of the Lapith. Blood gushes from the wound, and the
warrior, who vainly tries to protect himself with shield and sword, falls with bent
knees to the 1. His body and head are en face, the crest of his helmet (which
covers all but the edge of his beard and three tresses of long hair on each
shoulder) drawn heraldically with both sides showing ; his scabbard hangs at
his side.
[The 1. foot of the Lapith has the heel raised, and the toes bent under, pressing on the
ground; cf. the similar motive in the replicas of the Discobolos of Myron. On the foot incised
characters, see Old Catalogue, pi. C. 1266.]
E 474. KELEBE. Ht. 17^ in. Diam. 14I in. Agrigentum. Blacas Coll. Late stage of severe
style. Purple wreaths. Brown inner markings and hair on check. Edge of hair dotted.
Eye archaic. Ornaments as E 476, but the neck and the upper surface of lip black, and there
are no rays below the designs ; on the vertical surface of the lip is a frieze of animals, a lion
and boar confronted, twice repeated over each design.
(a) Four ephebi wreathed with vine going to a symposion. They move in
single file to r.; the first holds on his 1. a cotyle, in his r. a staff; the second
looks back, extending his 1. covered with his mantle, and brandishing in his r. a