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Walters, Henry Beauchamp; British Museum <London> [Editor]
Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 4): Vases of the latest period — London, 1896

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6 CATALOGUE OF VASES.

(b) Three ephebi conversing, with fillets and bordered himatia, the centre
one to 1. ; each of the outer ones has a staff.

P 41. BELL-CRATER. Old No. 1286. Ht. I2f in. Diam. 14= in. Hamilton Coll.

D'Hancarville, i. pi. 77. Designs red on black ground. Above the designs, laurel-wreath ;
below each, a band of maeander and crosses.

(a) Departure of a warrior: In the centre is a youthful male figure to r.,
with chlamys over shoulders, spear in r. hand, and shield (on which is the
device of a star) resting against his hip ; in 1. hand he holds out a pilos to a
similar figure with spear in r. hand and chlamys over 1. arm. On the 1. is a
bearded male figure to r., with fillet, himation over 1. shoulder, and staff in
r. hand.

(b) Three ephebi in himatia, the centre one to 1.; each of the others has
a staff.

F 42. BELL-CRATER. Ht. 124 in. Diam. 12J in. Hamilton Coll. Designs red on black

ground. Above the designs, laurel-wreath ; below each, maeander and crosses.

(a) In the centre is a youth seated on a rock to 1., nude, with spear in 1.
hand and r. hand on his knee ; on the 1. a female figure advances towards him,
with close cap, long chiton and himation. On the r. a female figure, attired as
the other one, moves away, looking back.

(b) Three ephebi conversing, wrapped in himatia, the centre one to 1. with
r. hand extended.

F 43. BELL-CRATER. Old No. 1687. Hti2±in. Diam. i2#in. Towneley Coll. Passeri,

Pict. Eir. ii. 117. Lip injured. Designs red on black ground, coarsely executed. Above the
designs, laurel-wreath ; below, maeander and crosses.

(a) Heracles to r., nude and beardless, seizes a Centaur round the middle,
raising him off the ground ; the Centaur looks back, with r. arm extended. On
the r. is Athene looking on, holding Heracles' club in r. hand, and a spear in
the 1., against which rests her shield (myrtle- or olive-wreath as device) ; she
wears a crested helmet ornamented with a spray, and long chiton with
diploidion.

(b) Three ephebi conversing, wrapped in bordered himatia ; the centre one,
who stands to r., wears endromides.

F 44. BELL-CRATER. Old No. 1342. Ht. 10J in. Diam. 10J in. Bequeathed by Miss

Auldjo, 1859. Designs red on black ground, with white accessories. Above the designs, a
guilloche pattern ; below each, a band of maeander and crosses.

(a) A youthful Satyr moving to 1., with wreath, and thyrsos in 1. hand,
holding out a burning torch in r. hand to another youthful Satyr in front of
him, who turns back to look at him ; he has a wreath, chlamys over r. arm held
up in 1. hand, and a rhyton in r. hand.

(b) Two ephebi conversing ; the one on the 1. is wrapped in his himation ;
 
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