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144 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
On the neck (a): Female head looking up to 1., with embroidered cap,
earrings and necklace, painted white ; it rests on the calyx of a flower, which
branches out on either side into luxuriant flowers and tendrils.
(a) In a distyle Ionic heroon, a statue of Leda caressing the swan ; the
heroon is painted white, with anthemia, pattern of volutes on the architrave, and
chevron pattern on the base (white on a red band) ; on the tympanon, three
white disks. Leda is seated to 1. on a rock, nude, with radiated and embroidered
close cap, earrings, necklace, and bracelets ; with r. hand she caresses the swan,
which stands on her r. thigh with its beak to her mouth ; above her is a phial!}.
On the 1. of the heroon is a plant; on the r. a white taenia and a phiale.
(b) Sepulchral stele with network pattern on the base, and six white balls
or fruit on the top ; round it is tied a taenia. On the 1., a mirror and phiale; on
the i'. an embroidered taenia and a. phiale.
F 287. MEDALLION from handle of crater, as F 278-286 (?). Old No. 1894. Diam. 3$ in.
Badham Sale, 185S. Design painted in white, yellow, and brown on black ground, within a
yellow border.
Head of Medusa slightly turned to 1. ; hair, eyes, and lips painted brown ;
eyelashes and other markings yellow ; face white ; long curly snake-like hair.
F 288. MEDALLION from handle of crater, as F 278-286. Diam. 3$ in. Badham Sale,
1858. Design moulded in relief, white and brown. Rather worn.
Head of Medusa in relief, painted black and white on red ground, with
curly hair ; eyes marked in red.
F 289. BELL-CRATER. Old No. 1312. Ht. 12; in. Diam. 12f in. Towneley Coll. Heyde-
mann in Jahrbuch, i. p. 289. Designs red on black ground ; much worn and very rude.
Shape as Fig. 1. Above the designs, laurel-wreath ; below, maeander ; under the handles,
palmettes.
(a) Comic actor moving to 1., looking back, with hands extended (in the
r. a taenia); he wears a close-fitting under-garment, consisting of sleeved jerkin
and anaxyrides in one, a short loose chiton girt at the waist and padded in front,
and a large pliallos. His mask has a beak-like nose and mouth like a snout,
and his hair is combed in front of his ears and brushed up to a point in front ;
behind him is a stele, above which hangs a phiale.
(b) Nude female figure seated on a rock to 1., looking to r., with hair in a
bunch behind, sandals, and circlet on 1. thigh, holding out a. phiale in r. hand
, Behind her is an uncertain object.
F 290. BELL-CRATER. Ht. 15.4 in. Diam. 173 in. From Nola ; found in 1850. Presented
by Rev. E. R. Mantell, 1869. Much injured and restored, especially the handles and the
. obverse. Designs red on black ground, with accessories of white and yellow. Above the
designs, a laurel-wreath ; below, maeander alternating with patterns of crosses and dots ;
under the handles, palmettes.
{a) Dionysos (?) seated on his himation to 1. ; he is beardless, and wears a
On the neck (a): Female head looking up to 1., with embroidered cap,
earrings and necklace, painted white ; it rests on the calyx of a flower, which
branches out on either side into luxuriant flowers and tendrils.
(a) In a distyle Ionic heroon, a statue of Leda caressing the swan ; the
heroon is painted white, with anthemia, pattern of volutes on the architrave, and
chevron pattern on the base (white on a red band) ; on the tympanon, three
white disks. Leda is seated to 1. on a rock, nude, with radiated and embroidered
close cap, earrings, necklace, and bracelets ; with r. hand she caresses the swan,
which stands on her r. thigh with its beak to her mouth ; above her is a phial!}.
On the 1. of the heroon is a plant; on the r. a white taenia and a phiale.
(b) Sepulchral stele with network pattern on the base, and six white balls
or fruit on the top ; round it is tied a taenia. On the 1., a mirror and phiale; on
the i'. an embroidered taenia and a. phiale.
F 287. MEDALLION from handle of crater, as F 278-286 (?). Old No. 1894. Diam. 3$ in.
Badham Sale, 185S. Design painted in white, yellow, and brown on black ground, within a
yellow border.
Head of Medusa slightly turned to 1. ; hair, eyes, and lips painted brown ;
eyelashes and other markings yellow ; face white ; long curly snake-like hair.
F 288. MEDALLION from handle of crater, as F 278-286. Diam. 3$ in. Badham Sale,
1858. Design moulded in relief, white and brown. Rather worn.
Head of Medusa in relief, painted black and white on red ground, with
curly hair ; eyes marked in red.
F 289. BELL-CRATER. Old No. 1312. Ht. 12; in. Diam. 12f in. Towneley Coll. Heyde-
mann in Jahrbuch, i. p. 289. Designs red on black ground ; much worn and very rude.
Shape as Fig. 1. Above the designs, laurel-wreath ; below, maeander ; under the handles,
palmettes.
(a) Comic actor moving to 1., looking back, with hands extended (in the
r. a taenia); he wears a close-fitting under-garment, consisting of sleeved jerkin
and anaxyrides in one, a short loose chiton girt at the waist and padded in front,
and a large pliallos. His mask has a beak-like nose and mouth like a snout,
and his hair is combed in front of his ears and brushed up to a point in front ;
behind him is a stele, above which hangs a phiale.
(b) Nude female figure seated on a rock to 1., looking to r., with hair in a
bunch behind, sandals, and circlet on 1. thigh, holding out a. phiale in r. hand
, Behind her is an uncertain object.
F 290. BELL-CRATER. Ht. 15.4 in. Diam. 173 in. From Nola ; found in 1850. Presented
by Rev. E. R. Mantell, 1869. Much injured and restored, especially the handles and the
. obverse. Designs red on black ground, with accessories of white and yellow. Above the
designs, a laurel-wreath ; below, maeander alternating with patterns of crosses and dots ;
under the handles, palmettes.
{a) Dionysos (?) seated on his himation to 1. ; he is beardless, and wears a