Walters, Henry Beauchamp; British Museum <London> [Editor]: Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 1,2): Cypriote, Italian, and Etruscan pottery (London, 1912)

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ITALIAN AND ETRUSCAN POTTERY.

H 210.

H 211.

H 212.

extended. Round the body, frieze of eight horsemen to r., all from the same
mould ; each holds goad and reins in r. hand, and places 1. on horse's neck ;
they have long thick curly hair confined with a fillet, and the horses have long
manes. Below, moulded bands.

[Cf. Micali, Mon. hied., pi. 28, fig. 2.]

AMPHORA. Ht. iojin. Old Cat., No. 177. Towneley Coll. 461. Dull polish.

Ovoid body with plain thick rim and low moulded foot. Handles with
double groove down middle, ending above in two flat semi-oval vertical pro-
jections; raised stud on rim each side. Round the neck, a triple moulding;
round body, double moulding, band of tongue-pattern in very low relief, and
three parallel ridges. On each of the handle-projections is a male mask in relief,
one indistinct, with band over forehead, the other now entirely wanting.

Plate

xix-

LEBES. Ht. 8 in. Diam. of mouth u-J in. Old Cat., No. 178. Polish somewhat dull. Plate

Flat thick rim, on which are four astragali (?). Round upper part of body,
band of pear-shaped markings in low relief, pointing alternately up and down-
wards, with four large rosettes at intervals (one under each astragalus), the
edges and centres in relief, the petals incised.

E%I*

OINOCHOE. Ht. 16 in. Old Cat. No. 174. From Chiusi or Volaterrae. Durand Coll.
{Cat. 1415). Good black polish.

Body egg-shaped, somewhat flattened at shoulder, with low foot and trefoil
mouth. Broad deeply-flanged handle ending in volutes below, and above in
recurved ridges running halfway round the rim. Round shoulder, long pear-
shaped pendants in relief, with points upwards ; round upper part of body, the
same, but with borders, pointing downwards. On the front of the handle is a
female head in very high relief, the front hair arranged in long curls each side,
the back hair in a group of curls or plaits fastened together at the ends.

Plate

XI*

H 213.

COVERED JAR or

cinerary urn.

Ht. \\\

, with cover 13J in. Diam. of cover 35

Plate

XV*1'

1S67. Walters, Ancient Pottery, II. pi. 57, 5. Inferior polish ;

height 3 J- in. Blacas Coll.
repaired in parts.

Ovoid body with flattened shoulder and low moulded foot; cylindrical neck
with projecting moulded top and vertical rim on which the cover fits. Handle
of two ribs, ending on the rim in three leaves. The cover is cylindrical with
convex top, in the middle of which is a roughly-modelled bird (beak broken off);
round the convex part are eight broad rays or petals forming a rosette ; round
the edge, incised zigzag and two mouldings. It is doubtful whether the cover
belongs to the vase.

Round middle of neck, three moulded rings, and two round base ; on front,
female head in relief, with long hair (incised) and band over forehead ; from
below spring a pair of recurved wings with incised markings. On the shoulder,
egg-pattern in relief. On the body, frieze of six Sphinxes with long hair seated