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

LUCANIAN STYLE. 79

[Similar figures on a terra-cotta vase in the Liverpool Museum (Michaelis, Ancient Marbles
in Ct. Britain, p. 427) ; cf. also the vase by Euphronios, Arch. Zeit. 1882, p. 47.]

(b) Two groups : (1) Female figure to r., with short curly hair, necklace,
long chiton, and bordered himation over 1. shoulder, holds out a wreath in
r. hand to a nude youth facing her, who holds out his r. hand. (2) Female
figure with hair in a knot, fillet wound round head, necklace, long girt chiton
and apoptygma, holds out a wreath in r. hand and an embroidered taenia in 1.
to a youth wrapped in a himation. All four figures wear sandals.

CRATER, with volutcd handles. Ht. 2 ft. 2} in. From Ruvo. Temple Coll., 1856.
Slightly injured. Designs red on black ground. Large style, as F 157. Shape as Vol. III.
Fig. 11. Round the lip each side, egg-moulding; underneath, each side, laurel-wreath and
zigzags ; on the neck, each side, ivy-wreath ; above each design, tongue- and egg-patterns
below, all round, maeander; below the handles, palmettes ; on either side of the handles,
ivy-wreaths.

(a) Amazonomachia: On the ]., at a higher level than the ground, is an
Amazon on horseback charging to r., with spotted kidaris, short chiton with
radiated border and belt with studs, chlamys fastened with a fibula in front,
jerkin and anaxyrides in one piece with chevron patterns all over, and shoes ;
in r. hand she holds a short spear, which she is about to hurl at a Greek
warrior, who retreats tc r. looking back. He is beardless, with curls in front of
his ears, and has a crested helmet with volutes on the sides, bordered chlamys
over 1. shoulder, confined by a belt with studs, sword slung round him, spear in
r. hand, and shield with a border of dots and fore-part of a boar as device.
Below him is the body of an Amazon fallen back to r., over raised ground ; the
eyes are closed, and she has curly hair, short chiton with maeander and chevron
borders, belt with studs, jerkin and anaxyrides in one piece, embroidered with
rings on the sleeves and chevrons on the legs ; below her is her pclta, with
device of a dog running to r. On the ground on the r. is an archer kneeling to
'•> aiming at the first Amazon ; he has pilos, short embroidered chiton with
radiated border, shoes, and quiver at side. Above, behind him, is a trumpeter
to 1., beardless, with curly hair, short striped chiton, belt embroidered with rings,
endromides, sword, two spears in 1. hand, blowing a trumpet held in r. hand.
Bi the field, heaps of stones.

{b) Departure of a youthful warrior or hero : In the centre is a bearded
male figure seated on a four-lco-o-ed stool to r., with bordered himation over
his lower limbs, shoes, and sceptre in 1. hand with Ionic cap, on which is a
small bird to 1. He grasps the hand of the warrior, who turns as if to depart;
he has a bordered chlamys fastened with a fibula in front, sword slung round
him by a belt, two spears in 1. hand, in which he also holds the bridle of
his horse, which stands behind him to r., pawing the ground, and has a top-knot
ar>d headstall with studs, as on F 174. Behind the seated figure is a female
figure to r. with hair gathered under an embroidered fillet, necklace, and long
gh't chiton with border down the side, holding out in 1. hand a fluted pliiali
and in r. a prochoos, on which is painted in black a Satyr dancing.