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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sash. The altar is roughly in form of an Ionic capital, with necking of cable
pattern.

E 616. LEKYTHOS. Old No. 780. Ht. 6f-s in. Neck and lip rejoined, and foot partly

restored ; surface damaged. Graceful style. Eye in archaic type. Brown folds of chiton.
Below, a thin red line, continuous ; above, a strip of hatched strokes ; on shoulder, rays.

Nike, flying to r., holding in both hands a large chest ; she wears chiton,
himation, and a saccos. The chest is decorated with a strip of embattled
pattern between two rows of key pattern.

E 617. LEKYTHOS. Old No. 775. Ht. 4} in. Graceful style. Brown lower folds of chiton.

Eye in profile. Below, thin red line, continuous ; above, strip of key pattern. On shoulder, two
rows of black rays.

Nike, in chiton and himation, which covers both arms, walking to r. towards
a Doric column.

E 618. LEKYTHOS. Old No. 767. Ht. 4J in- Hamilton Coll. D'Hancarville, iv, pi. 54.

Drawing graceful but careless. Brown folds of chiton. Eye in profile. Below, a continuous
red line ; above, a strip of key pattern ; on the shoulder, two rows of rays, black on red.

Nike, standing to r. (chiton and himation and saccos), holding out in r. a
phiale over an altar (?) in form of a cup with two handles. Her mouth is open
as if she were speaking.

E 619. LEKYTHOS. Old No. 77°. Ht. 3J in. Hamilton Coll. D'Hancarville, iii, pi. 55.

Graceful style.

Nike, flying to r. towards a column ; she wears a chiton, himation covering
both arms, and a saccos. The column has no capital, but a necking just below
the abacus.

E 620. LEKYTHOS. Old No. 764. Ht. 6} in. Nola. Hamilton Coll. Graceful style. Eye

in profile. Below, a double red line ; on the shoulder, two rows of black rays.

Girl moving to r. towards a calathos, into which she is about to place
with her r. a taenia ornamented with crosses. She wears an Ionic chiton, a
mantle, and earrings.

E 621. LEKYTHOS. Old No. 766. Ht. 61 in. Hamilton Coll. D'Hancarville, i, pi. 90 ;

Inghirami, Vasi Filt. iii, pi. 204. Graceful style. Below, two red lines ; on the neck, two
rows of rays, black on red.

Girl moving to r., tossing a ball in her r. ; she wears a chiton, himation,
and earrings. On r. is a square base ; on 1. hangs a taenia.

E 622. LEKYTHOS. Old No. 779. Ht. Srss in. Hamilton Coll. D'Hancarville, i, pi, 57.

Graceful style. Eye in transition type. Purple rays of head-dress. Below, a thin red line,
continuous ; above, a strip of key pattern ; on shoulder, two rows of black rays.

Woman holding ivy-branch to 1., running to r., looking back, and extending
her r. arm ; she wears an Ionic chiton, himation, and a saccos radiated over
forehead.