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

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3IO CATALOGUE OF VASES.

Ephebos and man conversing. Only the lower part of each figure is preserved. On the
r. a youth, holding a chelys in his 1. partly covered with his himation, stands confronting a man
oflarger proportion, who leans forward against a staff; he also wears an himation.

E 5097. FRAGMENT of a crater. Ht. yl- in. by 5} in. Camciros, 1864. Late stage of

fine style.

Part of a nude youthful figure to r., with r. on hip and resting 1. on a staff; wanting above
the chest and below the middle of the thigh. Behind him part of a staff upright.

E 5098. FRAGMENT of a kelcbe (?). Old No. 998 d. Ht. 2 in. by 5 in. Millingcn Coll.,

1847. Drawing, late. Part of the ivy pattern forming the left-hand border is preserved.

Combat. A warrior, of whom the back part of the helmet and crest and most of his shield
is preserved, has fallen backward to 1., supporting himself on the edge of his shield with his
r. arm, spear in r. hand to protect himself against an opponent of whom only a part of the
r. thigh is preserved. The shield has for device two dolphins in silhouette, the upper to r., the
lower to 1., and surrounded by an imitation (?) inscription, . . ~OA$K .... [possibly 6 hdva
xaXds ; the spacing of the letters would suit such an inscription].

Es 10-570. OINOCHOiE.

[E 510-523 have a high arching handle and trefoil lip. E 524-554 have a
low handle. E 555-5 59 have low handle and round lip. E 560-563 have round
lip and high arching handle. E 564-568 are variations of this form.]

E 510. TREFOIL OINOCHOE. Ht. 11 in. Vulci. Durand Coll. no. 179. Hope Coll.

Bequeathed by Felix Slade, Esq., 1868. Broken, but apparently nothing wanting. Drawing
of the fine period at the end of the severe style. Purple wreaths and lion's tongue. Brown
inner markings and marks on nebris, lion, and snake. The hair around the face is outlined with
dots. Eye in archaic type. Below, a broad band of elaborate anthemion pattern, continuous ;
above the scene, a strip of egg moulding. Handle-ornaments as in E 511, with slight variation.

Seilenos and Maenad. On 1. a Seilenos, seated on the ground with 1.
leg bent under him, r. leg extended, holds a diota upright between his legs, a
thyrsos in 1., and with r. offers a cantharos to a Msenad, who rushes away with
extended arms, looking back ; on her r. arm is a diminutive lion springing
open-mouthed to 1. ; in her 1. hand she holds a twisting snake; she wears an
Ionic chiton, succinct, and a nebris knotted around her neck by the fore-paws ;
her short hair flies loose. Both figures are wreathed with vine.

E 511. TREFOIL OINOCHOE. Ht. iojf in. Vulci. Durand Coll. no. 84. Hope Coll.

Bequeathed by Felix Slade, Esq., 1868. Intact; perfect condition. Very similar in technique
and drawing to preceding. Purple vine-wreaths. Light brown inner markings and hair of
goat. Eye in archaic type. Below, a broad band of elaborate palmette ornament; below this
again near the foot, a band of pairs of maeanders separated by red cross squares ; both these
are continuous. On shoulder, a band of egg moulding. On base of handle, an inverted pal-
mette, from which spreads on each side a fine ornament composed of two palmettos and a flower.
 
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