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242 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
G 28. STAMNOS, with cover. Ht. 13J in. Capua, 1873. Formerly in possession of Prince
Louis Napoleon. Froehner, Clioix dc Vases Grecs, p. 43; Bull, dell' lust. 1864, p. 136.
Remains of gilding and blue and pink colouring. On the cover is an olive-wreath in gold-
leaf; remains of gold on the knob, as on the lip'and shoulder of the vase. In the
middle and at each end of the handles are moulded heads with beaded fillets and curls
on each side of the face ; remains of pink colouring. Designs in two friezes, with traces
of gilding, and pink for the nude parts of figures ; above, egg-moulding j between the designs,
pear-shaped markings ; below, acanthus leaves. All these ornaments have been painted
blue.
1. Seven olive-trees connected by a large heavy festoon of foliage, above
which is a smaller festoon of vine-leaves, over which, between each two trees,
hovers an Eros playing on the syrinx; above one Eros is inscribed : BV38A,
Bassu[s.
2. Group of Poseidon (?) and Nike, five times repeated : Poseidon is seated
on a rock to r., looking back, bearded, with fillet and himation over lower limbs,
in 1. hand a large palm-branch. Before him kneels Nike, with himation over
lower limbs and wings with traces of gilding, holding out the prow of a ship
in the form of a sea-monster. The nude parts of both figures have been painted
pink. Below Poseidon is a square block of masonry, and behind him above,
in three of the groups, a small tetrastyle temple ; above Nike, in three of the
groups, is a similar temple. In one group, on either side of Poseidon is a
small panel; on the left-hand one is inscribed BASS, on the other, VS (?)( as
above.
G 29. KELEBE. Old No. 1700. Ht. 2o| in. Diam. 18 in. Designs in relief; ornaments
painted in white. On the neck, each side, a large ivy-wreath with berries, and round the body
another. The body is ribbed, and the bottom of it is pierced with three holes. On the upper
part of the body, above the ivy-wreath, are three reliefs inserted on either side. Shape as
Vol. III. Fig. 10.
(a) 1. In the centre : Dionysos and Ariadne seated side by side, looking
round at each other ; Dionysos, on the i\, is beardless, with himation over lower
limbs and thyrsos in 1. hand ; he places r. hand on Ariadne's shoulder ; she has
armlets, and a himation over her lower limbs, and a thyrsos in r. hand. Before
them is a youth reclining, with face to front, leaning on 1. elbow, looking round
at the group ; he holds a large rhyton in r. hand, and in 1. a phiali (?); on the
r. is a panther to r.
2. On the 1., combat of Jason with the serpent that guarded the golden
fleece ; Jason is nude and beardless, with face to front, looking round at the
serpent; he stands on 1. leg, with r. raised as if to shake off the serpent coiled
round him ; his 1. hand grasps its throat and holds it out at arm's length ; in his
r. is a sword.
3. On the r., Heracles seated to 1., nude and beardless, with cross-belt, to
which is attached a flask (?) ; his r. hand rests on his club, and his 1. on the
body or skin of the slain Nemean lion at his side.
(/>) 1. In the centre: Aphrodite seated in a chair to r., with close cap, and
G 28. STAMNOS, with cover. Ht. 13J in. Capua, 1873. Formerly in possession of Prince
Louis Napoleon. Froehner, Clioix dc Vases Grecs, p. 43; Bull, dell' lust. 1864, p. 136.
Remains of gilding and blue and pink colouring. On the cover is an olive-wreath in gold-
leaf; remains of gold on the knob, as on the lip'and shoulder of the vase. In the
middle and at each end of the handles are moulded heads with beaded fillets and curls
on each side of the face ; remains of pink colouring. Designs in two friezes, with traces
of gilding, and pink for the nude parts of figures ; above, egg-moulding j between the designs,
pear-shaped markings ; below, acanthus leaves. All these ornaments have been painted
blue.
1. Seven olive-trees connected by a large heavy festoon of foliage, above
which is a smaller festoon of vine-leaves, over which, between each two trees,
hovers an Eros playing on the syrinx; above one Eros is inscribed : BV38A,
Bassu[s.
2. Group of Poseidon (?) and Nike, five times repeated : Poseidon is seated
on a rock to r., looking back, bearded, with fillet and himation over lower limbs,
in 1. hand a large palm-branch. Before him kneels Nike, with himation over
lower limbs and wings with traces of gilding, holding out the prow of a ship
in the form of a sea-monster. The nude parts of both figures have been painted
pink. Below Poseidon is a square block of masonry, and behind him above,
in three of the groups, a small tetrastyle temple ; above Nike, in three of the
groups, is a similar temple. In one group, on either side of Poseidon is a
small panel; on the left-hand one is inscribed BASS, on the other, VS (?)( as
above.
G 29. KELEBE. Old No. 1700. Ht. 2o| in. Diam. 18 in. Designs in relief; ornaments
painted in white. On the neck, each side, a large ivy-wreath with berries, and round the body
another. The body is ribbed, and the bottom of it is pierced with three holes. On the upper
part of the body, above the ivy-wreath, are three reliefs inserted on either side. Shape as
Vol. III. Fig. 10.
(a) 1. In the centre : Dionysos and Ariadne seated side by side, looking
round at each other ; Dionysos, on the i\, is beardless, with himation over lower
limbs and thyrsos in 1. hand ; he places r. hand on Ariadne's shoulder ; she has
armlets, and a himation over her lower limbs, and a thyrsos in r. hand. Before
them is a youth reclining, with face to front, leaning on 1. elbow, looking round
at the group ; he holds a large rhyton in r. hand, and in 1. a phiali (?); on the
r. is a panther to r.
2. On the 1., combat of Jason with the serpent that guarded the golden
fleece ; Jason is nude and beardless, with face to front, looking round at the
serpent; he stands on 1. leg, with r. raised as if to shake off the serpent coiled
round him ; his 1. hand grasps its throat and holds it out at arm's length ; in his
r. is a sword.
3. On the r., Heracles seated to 1., nude and beardless, with cross-belt, to
which is attached a flask (?) ; his r. hand rests on his club, and his 1. on the
body or skin of the slain Nemean lion at his side.
(/>) 1. In the centre: Aphrodite seated in a chair to r., with close cap, and