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VASES WITH DESIGNS ON WHITE GROUND. 403
chiton, and her hair is confined with a fillet. Behind her is a diphros. Above
the scene in the field hang a mirror and two small oinochoae. Over the basket
AI+AZ
is inscribed, KAAOI , Ai/ya? KaXb? 2a/t[to]?.
ZAM..Z
"51. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 15 J in. Poli tis Chrysochou, Cyprus, 1S90. Presented by the Cyprus
Exploration Fund. White Athenian Vases, pi. 3 ; /. H. S. vol. xii, pi. 14, p. 315, fig. 2. Fine
style. Drawing in brown outline ; hair, black strokes on brown wash ; saccos and helmet
(and perhaps drapery) have been red. Eye, profile. Above, a band of mseander broken by-
dotted cross squares ; on shoulder, pattern of three palmettes ; all brown on white. The helmet
has the supporting ridge for a crest, but no crest is now visible ; it may have been painted in
a colour since faded.
Arming of warrior. On 1. is a woman in a saccos and a long chiton, of
which she raises the hem with her 1., holding in her r. a helmet towards a
bearded man who stands en face, but looking at her, and holding out his r. to
receive it ; in his I. he holds a spear upright. Between them is a goose to r.,
pecking the ground. In the field on 1. hangs a small jug.
D 52. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 14'in. Locri. Temple Coll. White Athenian Vases, pi. 24. The
vase has rested against something red and is faintly streaked with red from the contact. Fine
spirited style. Drawing entirely in brown outline. Below and above, double lines of brown,
leaving a band in each case without pattern. On shoulder, a pattern of three palmettes, brown
on black.
Combat of Greek and mounted Amazon. The Amazon in anaxyrides,
short girt chiton (no trace of these garments is shown on the body or arms),
boots and kidaris, with her 1. controls her rearing horse, with her r. raises her
spear against a young Greek who falls to 1. on his r. knee under the fore feet of
the horse, and with his body en face and shield raised, supports himself on the
butt-end of his spear in his r. hand ; he wears a helmet with visor tilted back.
•D 53. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 11} in. Athens, 1876. White Athenian Vases, pi. 4. Drawing
very good, in fine glazed brown lines ; hair, black stippling on brown. The himation and caps
have been in red wash, now faded ; the chair is pink, with brown markings ; wreath, a dull
black. Eye in profile. Below, a thin line, left white in the black ; above, a strip of sets of three
ma;andcrs broken by dotted cross squares, and on shoulder, a pattern of three palmettes below
egg pattern, all brown on white ; the alternate petals of the palmettes have been red. The
same ornaments hang in the field of the lekythos D 48, which is of the same style as this.
A woman in long chiton, and himation about her legs, seated in a chair
to r., holding in both hands the ends of a wreath as if about to fasten them with
the cord which a second woman standing in front offers her with her r. ; the
standing figure wears a long chiton left in outline ; both have their hair looped
up. On each side of the design hangs from the upper border a long saccos,
with strings terminating in quatrefoils. Over the seated figure hangs a minute
oinochoe drawn in outline.
I> 54. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 13 in. Erctria, 1893. White Athenian Vases, pi. 5. Good period.
Brown outline; hair in black stippling on brown ; chlamys vermilion ; himation purple ; both
2 D 2
chiton, and her hair is confined with a fillet. Behind her is a diphros. Above
the scene in the field hang a mirror and two small oinochoae. Over the basket
AI+AZ
is inscribed, KAAOI , Ai/ya? KaXb? 2a/t[to]?.
ZAM..Z
"51. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 15 J in. Poli tis Chrysochou, Cyprus, 1S90. Presented by the Cyprus
Exploration Fund. White Athenian Vases, pi. 3 ; /. H. S. vol. xii, pi. 14, p. 315, fig. 2. Fine
style. Drawing in brown outline ; hair, black strokes on brown wash ; saccos and helmet
(and perhaps drapery) have been red. Eye, profile. Above, a band of mseander broken by-
dotted cross squares ; on shoulder, pattern of three palmettes ; all brown on white. The helmet
has the supporting ridge for a crest, but no crest is now visible ; it may have been painted in
a colour since faded.
Arming of warrior. On 1. is a woman in a saccos and a long chiton, of
which she raises the hem with her 1., holding in her r. a helmet towards a
bearded man who stands en face, but looking at her, and holding out his r. to
receive it ; in his I. he holds a spear upright. Between them is a goose to r.,
pecking the ground. In the field on 1. hangs a small jug.
D 52. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 14'in. Locri. Temple Coll. White Athenian Vases, pi. 24. The
vase has rested against something red and is faintly streaked with red from the contact. Fine
spirited style. Drawing entirely in brown outline. Below and above, double lines of brown,
leaving a band in each case without pattern. On shoulder, a pattern of three palmettes, brown
on black.
Combat of Greek and mounted Amazon. The Amazon in anaxyrides,
short girt chiton (no trace of these garments is shown on the body or arms),
boots and kidaris, with her 1. controls her rearing horse, with her r. raises her
spear against a young Greek who falls to 1. on his r. knee under the fore feet of
the horse, and with his body en face and shield raised, supports himself on the
butt-end of his spear in his r. hand ; he wears a helmet with visor tilted back.
•D 53. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 11} in. Athens, 1876. White Athenian Vases, pi. 4. Drawing
very good, in fine glazed brown lines ; hair, black stippling on brown. The himation and caps
have been in red wash, now faded ; the chair is pink, with brown markings ; wreath, a dull
black. Eye in profile. Below, a thin line, left white in the black ; above, a strip of sets of three
ma;andcrs broken by dotted cross squares, and on shoulder, a pattern of three palmettes below
egg pattern, all brown on white ; the alternate petals of the palmettes have been red. The
same ornaments hang in the field of the lekythos D 48, which is of the same style as this.
A woman in long chiton, and himation about her legs, seated in a chair
to r., holding in both hands the ends of a wreath as if about to fasten them with
the cord which a second woman standing in front offers her with her r. ; the
standing figure wears a long chiton left in outline ; both have their hair looped
up. On each side of the design hangs from the upper border a long saccos,
with strings terminating in quatrefoils. Over the seated figure hangs a minute
oinochoe drawn in outline.
I> 54. LEKYTHOS. Ht. 13 in. Erctria, 1893. White Athenian Vases, pi. 5. Good period.
Brown outline; hair in black stippling on brown ; chlamys vermilion ; himation purple ; both
2 D 2