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100 FIRENZE. [chap, xxxvn.
with combats under the walls of Troy—councils of the
gods—battles of the gods with the giants—two in a re-
markable state of preservation, one with a group of four
warriors, the other with Mercury and Minerva standing by
a war-chariot—and two very small, but pretty, representing
a winged Apollo playing the lyre, and a nymph. Of
hydrice, or water-jars, distinguished by their three handles,
the most remarkable are, one which represents Mercury
pursuing the nymph Herse, whose sisters run to acquaint
their father ; and a beautiful one, of the form called
calpis, with Triptolemus on his winged car. Of mixing-
jars—crateres, celebce, stamni—with wide mouths, the best
display the contest of the Centaurs and Lapithae,—Bacchic
subjects,—a solemn procession,—and priestesses making
libations at an altar. The wine-jugs—cenochoce—distin-
guished by their single handle and spout, bear—some,
Bacchic scenes ; one, Hercules "taking a cup of kindness"
with his patron, the " grey-eyed" goddess ; another, a
marriage-scene, the bride veiled, attended by her pronuba,
or bridesmaid, giving her hand at a column. There are
also some good drinking-bowls—cylices and canthari. The
most beautiful of these painted vases are from Vulci; and
two huge amphora from Basilicata contrast their florid
adornments with the-more chaste and simple pottery of
Etruria. /fTD u\
Arezzo may be rebsgalee'd in an elegant vase of red
ware, with heads and fruit in relief. Volterra has contri-
buted sundry articles exhibiting the characteristic defects
of her pottery—rudeness and carelessness of design, coarse-
ness of clay, inferiority of varnish, and ungainliness of
form. There are some of her favourite silhouette jugs, and
little monstrosities in the shape of ducks, with a female
head painted on each wing. Of the very early and uncouth
black ware of Chiusi, Sarteano, Chianciano, and that district,
with combats under the walls of Troy—councils of the
gods—battles of the gods with the giants—two in a re-
markable state of preservation, one with a group of four
warriors, the other with Mercury and Minerva standing by
a war-chariot—and two very small, but pretty, representing
a winged Apollo playing the lyre, and a nymph. Of
hydrice, or water-jars, distinguished by their three handles,
the most remarkable are, one which represents Mercury
pursuing the nymph Herse, whose sisters run to acquaint
their father ; and a beautiful one, of the form called
calpis, with Triptolemus on his winged car. Of mixing-
jars—crateres, celebce, stamni—with wide mouths, the best
display the contest of the Centaurs and Lapithae,—Bacchic
subjects,—a solemn procession,—and priestesses making
libations at an altar. The wine-jugs—cenochoce—distin-
guished by their single handle and spout, bear—some,
Bacchic scenes ; one, Hercules "taking a cup of kindness"
with his patron, the " grey-eyed" goddess ; another, a
marriage-scene, the bride veiled, attended by her pronuba,
or bridesmaid, giving her hand at a column. There are
also some good drinking-bowls—cylices and canthari. The
most beautiful of these painted vases are from Vulci; and
two huge amphora from Basilicata contrast their florid
adornments with the-more chaste and simple pottery of
Etruria. /fTD u\
Arezzo may be rebsgalee'd in an elegant vase of red
ware, with heads and fruit in relief. Volterra has contri-
buted sundry articles exhibiting the characteristic defects
of her pottery—rudeness and carelessness of design, coarse-
ness of clay, inferiority of varnish, and ungainliness of
form. There are some of her favourite silhouette jugs, and
little monstrosities in the shape of ducks, with a female
head painted on each wing. Of the very early and uncouth
black ware of Chiusi, Sarteano, Chianciano, and that district,