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APULIAN STYLE. I9I
F 417. RHYTON. Ht. 9i in. Diam. of cup, 4§ in. From Capua. Castellani, 1873. Much
injured. Design red on black ground, with white accessories. Round the lip, egg-pattern ;
on either side of the handle, palmettes and tendrils.
Youth moving to r., looking to L, wearing a fillet with trefoils attached and
a loop over the forehead, and a chlamys wrapped round 1. arm ; he holds a
branch of apple (?) in 1. hand, and in r. a pliiale containing fruit. On the 1. is
a taenia ; ground-line indicated by dots.
The cup is supported by a moulded group representing a negro struggling
with a crocodile. The crocodile has grasped the negro from behind with its
front claws round his waist, and has seized his r. arm in his jaws ; the negro
has fallen on r. knee. The tail of the crocodile, which tapers off like that of a
snake, is twisted in a circle over its back, and coiled round the 1. arm of the
negro, who is dragged backwards; its eyes project like those of a lizard, and
it has a kind of dorsal fin. This group rests on a black plinth, the interstices
between the legs of the negro and the crocodile being red, so that the legs
appear in relief; the negro is painted black, the whites of the eyes white, the
lips red and pupils of the eyes black, and the woolly hair indicated by black
dots on red ground. The crocodile is red, with black stripes clotted in white,
and black spots with white centres ; underneath, white with red stripes ; and
the dorsal fin red, tipped with white.
[A similar rhyton in J. If. S. ix. p. 220.]
F 418. RHYTON, terminating in a wolf's head. Old No. 146S. Length, 7i in. From the
Basilicata. Durand Coll. 1279. Design red on black ground, with accessories of white and
yellow ; below, egg-moulding. Shape as Fig. 14, and so the other rhyta up to F 435, except
that the foim of the termination varies in each case. The wolf's head is left in the colour of
the clay.
Combat of Greek and Amazon: On the I. is the Amazon, with Phrygian
cap, necklace, short girt chiton, eiuiromides, shield, and sword at side, defending
herself against the Greek ; he is beardless, with crested helmet, chlamys
floating behind, yellow greaves, shoes, and shield on 1. arm ; each is about to
hurl a stone held up in r. hand. Both shields have a star of eight points as
device; between them is a bucranion from which hangs a wreath ; in the field,
a palmette, flowers, and rosettes.
F 419. RHYTON, terminating in a bear's head. Old No. 1475. Length, 6f- in. Hami ton
Coll. D'Hancarville, ii. pis. 28, 29 ; Panofka, Griech. Trinkhorner, pi. 1, fig. 6 ; Kel'er, Thieve
d. klass. Altertums, p. 124, note 218. Design red on black ground, with accessories of white
and yellow. The bear's head is painted black, with a white tuft of hair between the cars ;
eyes with yellow cornea.
Female head to 1., with hair in a knot, embroidered cap radiated in front,
earrings and necklace ; on either side, palmettes.
F 420. RHYTON, terminating in the head of a gazelle. Old No. 1472. Ht. 8 in. From the
Basilicata. Durand Coll. 1293. Design red on black ground, with accessories of white and
F 417. RHYTON. Ht. 9i in. Diam. of cup, 4§ in. From Capua. Castellani, 1873. Much
injured. Design red on black ground, with white accessories. Round the lip, egg-pattern ;
on either side of the handle, palmettes and tendrils.
Youth moving to r., looking to L, wearing a fillet with trefoils attached and
a loop over the forehead, and a chlamys wrapped round 1. arm ; he holds a
branch of apple (?) in 1. hand, and in r. a pliiale containing fruit. On the 1. is
a taenia ; ground-line indicated by dots.
The cup is supported by a moulded group representing a negro struggling
with a crocodile. The crocodile has grasped the negro from behind with its
front claws round his waist, and has seized his r. arm in his jaws ; the negro
has fallen on r. knee. The tail of the crocodile, which tapers off like that of a
snake, is twisted in a circle over its back, and coiled round the 1. arm of the
negro, who is dragged backwards; its eyes project like those of a lizard, and
it has a kind of dorsal fin. This group rests on a black plinth, the interstices
between the legs of the negro and the crocodile being red, so that the legs
appear in relief; the negro is painted black, the whites of the eyes white, the
lips red and pupils of the eyes black, and the woolly hair indicated by black
dots on red ground. The crocodile is red, with black stripes clotted in white,
and black spots with white centres ; underneath, white with red stripes ; and
the dorsal fin red, tipped with white.
[A similar rhyton in J. If. S. ix. p. 220.]
F 418. RHYTON, terminating in a wolf's head. Old No. 146S. Length, 7i in. From the
Basilicata. Durand Coll. 1279. Design red on black ground, with accessories of white and
yellow ; below, egg-moulding. Shape as Fig. 14, and so the other rhyta up to F 435, except
that the foim of the termination varies in each case. The wolf's head is left in the colour of
the clay.
Combat of Greek and Amazon: On the I. is the Amazon, with Phrygian
cap, necklace, short girt chiton, eiuiromides, shield, and sword at side, defending
herself against the Greek ; he is beardless, with crested helmet, chlamys
floating behind, yellow greaves, shoes, and shield on 1. arm ; each is about to
hurl a stone held up in r. hand. Both shields have a star of eight points as
device; between them is a bucranion from which hangs a wreath ; in the field,
a palmette, flowers, and rosettes.
F 419. RHYTON, terminating in a bear's head. Old No. 1475. Length, 6f- in. Hami ton
Coll. D'Hancarville, ii. pis. 28, 29 ; Panofka, Griech. Trinkhorner, pi. 1, fig. 6 ; Kel'er, Thieve
d. klass. Altertums, p. 124, note 218. Design red on black ground, with accessories of white
and yellow. The bear's head is painted black, with a white tuft of hair between the cars ;
eyes with yellow cornea.
Female head to 1., with hair in a knot, embroidered cap radiated in front,
earrings and necklace ; on either side, palmettes.
F 420. RHYTON, terminating in the head of a gazelle. Old No. 1472. Ht. 8 in. From the
Basilicata. Durand Coll. 1293. Design red on black ground, with accessories of white and