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RHYTONS. 379
E 800. RHYTON. Ht. 9 in. Diam. si in. Capua. Castellani, 1873. Style similar to E 801.
One-handled cup rising from the back of a finely-modelled ram's head, cast in two vertical
halves. The general surface is covered with a fine black glaze, with finer details (eyelashes, etc.)
in lightly-incised lines. The eyes are exactly as those of E 787. The interior of the nostrils
purple. The horns are left in the natural clay ; and the woolly parts indicated by a raised
surface covered with small raised dots, all coloured purple. Around the cup is an ivy-wreath,
red on black glaze, with stalks and berries lightly incised.
E 801. RHYTON. Ht. 9 in. Diam. 6 in. Capua. Castellani, 1873. The cup, one-handled,
on which the design stands is supported by a finely-modelled boar's head, in two longitudinal
halves. The surface covered with fine black glaze ; a series of lightly-incised lines mark the
fringe of hair all around the cheeks and lower jaw. The front of the snout and the interior of the
ears are left in the natural clay, but may have been covered with a brownish pigment used for
the mouth and tusks (two on each side of the lower jaw). The eyeball is black within a circle
left red ; it is set in a white ground, with a raised rim coloured purple for the eyelid. The
crest is purple.
The design is divided into three by the ears and handle. Above the crest
is a wreath of ivy, the interlacing stalks indicated by lightly-incised lines. On
each side, between handle and ear, is a boar in later style of best period, to 1. ;
below, a band of herring-bone pattern. The one on 1. moves to 1. with open
mouth, as if grunting, and with r. fore-leg raised. The other is browsing. The
hair all over the body is indicated by stippling in brown and thinned black.
E 802. RHYTON. Ht. (from beak to lip of cup) 9I-in. Diam. 5 in. Capua. Castellani, 1S73.
The one-handled cup, which has a band of tongue pattern round the lip, and
a band of black glaze, terminates in the head of an eagle ; the beak is black glaze,
the head covered with black lines, imitating feathers, on a red ground. The
space around the eye is left in the natural colour of the clay, with thin white
lines radiating from the centre ; the eye itself is modelled and painted, the pupil
and outlines black, the rest white. From the end of the beak upwards a series
of brush-marks are drawn in white on the black glaze, as if to indicate the stains
of food.
E 803. RHYTON. Ht. 5| in. Length 7 in. Vulci. Castellani, 1873.
A lion preparing to spring. The base is of irregular outline and has been
cut away inside so as to leave only a narrow support, glazed black, and decorated
with a wavy pattern. The tail is laid back against the r. flank, and beside it a
spout rises vertically, adjoining an arching handle over the spine. The hide of
the lion is represented by rows of small hatched marks in brown on the natural
clay; the mane is conventionally modelled in rows of tongue-shaped locks.
The mouth is open and forms a second spout communicating with the interior.
The mask and feet have been painted yellow on a white engobe, but these
colours have mostly faded. The tail appears to have been coloured vermilion.
The belly is left unpainted. Around the lip of the vertical spout is a band of
herring-bone pattern ; around its neck, a loop pattern.
E 800. RHYTON. Ht. 9 in. Diam. si in. Capua. Castellani, 1873. Style similar to E 801.
One-handled cup rising from the back of a finely-modelled ram's head, cast in two vertical
halves. The general surface is covered with a fine black glaze, with finer details (eyelashes, etc.)
in lightly-incised lines. The eyes are exactly as those of E 787. The interior of the nostrils
purple. The horns are left in the natural clay ; and the woolly parts indicated by a raised
surface covered with small raised dots, all coloured purple. Around the cup is an ivy-wreath,
red on black glaze, with stalks and berries lightly incised.
E 801. RHYTON. Ht. 9 in. Diam. 6 in. Capua. Castellani, 1873. The cup, one-handled,
on which the design stands is supported by a finely-modelled boar's head, in two longitudinal
halves. The surface covered with fine black glaze ; a series of lightly-incised lines mark the
fringe of hair all around the cheeks and lower jaw. The front of the snout and the interior of the
ears are left in the natural clay, but may have been covered with a brownish pigment used for
the mouth and tusks (two on each side of the lower jaw). The eyeball is black within a circle
left red ; it is set in a white ground, with a raised rim coloured purple for the eyelid. The
crest is purple.
The design is divided into three by the ears and handle. Above the crest
is a wreath of ivy, the interlacing stalks indicated by lightly-incised lines. On
each side, between handle and ear, is a boar in later style of best period, to 1. ;
below, a band of herring-bone pattern. The one on 1. moves to 1. with open
mouth, as if grunting, and with r. fore-leg raised. The other is browsing. The
hair all over the body is indicated by stippling in brown and thinned black.
E 802. RHYTON. Ht. (from beak to lip of cup) 9I-in. Diam. 5 in. Capua. Castellani, 1S73.
The one-handled cup, which has a band of tongue pattern round the lip, and
a band of black glaze, terminates in the head of an eagle ; the beak is black glaze,
the head covered with black lines, imitating feathers, on a red ground. The
space around the eye is left in the natural colour of the clay, with thin white
lines radiating from the centre ; the eye itself is modelled and painted, the pupil
and outlines black, the rest white. From the end of the beak upwards a series
of brush-marks are drawn in white on the black glaze, as if to indicate the stains
of food.
E 803. RHYTON. Ht. 5| in. Length 7 in. Vulci. Castellani, 1873.
A lion preparing to spring. The base is of irregular outline and has been
cut away inside so as to leave only a narrow support, glazed black, and decorated
with a wavy pattern. The tail is laid back against the r. flank, and beside it a
spout rises vertically, adjoining an arching handle over the spine. The hide of
the lion is represented by rows of small hatched marks in brown on the natural
clay; the mane is conventionally modelled in rows of tongue-shaped locks.
The mouth is open and forms a second spout communicating with the interior.
The mask and feet have been painted yellow on a white engobe, but these
colours have mostly faded. The tail appears to have been coloured vermilion.
The belly is left unpainted. Around the lip of the vertical spout is a band of
herring-bone pattern ; around its neck, a loop pattern.