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nitsT vase noon.
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Herakles in the Garden of the Hesperides (Heydemann,
Hutnoristische Vasenbilder, pi. i. fig. 1); No. 186, in Case
50, a hydria, with Apollo pursuing Daphne. These four
vases are from the Castellani Collection. From Capua also
is the cup No. 187, in Table Case I, in which the design
is impressed on the ware, the whole covered with a lustrous
black varnish : subject ; Perseus, having cut off the head of
Medusa, runs towards Athene on the left, pursued by the
other two Gorgons; in the air, above the body of Medusa, is
Pegasos; beside her is Chrysaor. (Compare the vase with
two handles, said to have been found at Cumae, and engraved,
Annali d. Inst. Arch. Kom. 1855, pi. ii. p. 17.) From the
Castellani Collection. Capua.
It will be seen by the foregoing remarks that the vases
in this room, being principally from Italy, have been arranged
for the most part in one general chronological series. It has,
however, been thought desirable to keep apart from this
general series the Athenian, Sicilian, and Pihodian vases, in
order that the student may discern more readily and clearly
the local peculiarities of style by which these vases are dis-
tinguished from those found in Italy.
ATHENIAN VASES.
The archaic vases from Athens have been already de-
scribed (pp. 7 and 10).
In Cases 57-00, and on Table Cases C, G, and M, are
arranged the later Athenian vases, consisting of three
principal groups—those with black figures and incised lines
on a red or white ground; those with red figures on a black
ground; and those with polychrome figures or with simple
outlines on a white ground.
The predominant form which occurs in this series is the
lekythos. Among the vases with black figures on a red or
white ground none are very remarkable for size or beauty.
The subjects of the lekythi in this style very frequently
represent Theseus overcoming the bull of Marathon, or one
or two quadriga: at speed. Among the vases with red figures
on a black ground the following maybe noted:—No. 155
(Case 57), a most curious model of an astragalcs, on which is
represented a dance of Nymphs or Majuads, who appear to be
directed by a bearded figure acting as choragos. These
dancing figures are painted on four sides of the astragalos.
They are arranged in groups of three. This curious specimen
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Herakles in the Garden of the Hesperides (Heydemann,
Hutnoristische Vasenbilder, pi. i. fig. 1); No. 186, in Case
50, a hydria, with Apollo pursuing Daphne. These four
vases are from the Castellani Collection. From Capua also
is the cup No. 187, in Table Case I, in which the design
is impressed on the ware, the whole covered with a lustrous
black varnish : subject ; Perseus, having cut off the head of
Medusa, runs towards Athene on the left, pursued by the
other two Gorgons; in the air, above the body of Medusa, is
Pegasos; beside her is Chrysaor. (Compare the vase with
two handles, said to have been found at Cumae, and engraved,
Annali d. Inst. Arch. Kom. 1855, pi. ii. p. 17.) From the
Castellani Collection. Capua.
It will be seen by the foregoing remarks that the vases
in this room, being principally from Italy, have been arranged
for the most part in one general chronological series. It has,
however, been thought desirable to keep apart from this
general series the Athenian, Sicilian, and Pihodian vases, in
order that the student may discern more readily and clearly
the local peculiarities of style by which these vases are dis-
tinguished from those found in Italy.
ATHENIAN VASES.
The archaic vases from Athens have been already de-
scribed (pp. 7 and 10).
In Cases 57-00, and on Table Cases C, G, and M, are
arranged the later Athenian vases, consisting of three
principal groups—those with black figures and incised lines
on a red or white ground; those with red figures on a black
ground; and those with polychrome figures or with simple
outlines on a white ground.
The predominant form which occurs in this series is the
lekythos. Among the vases with black figures on a red or
white ground none are very remarkable for size or beauty.
The subjects of the lekythi in this style very frequently
represent Theseus overcoming the bull of Marathon, or one
or two quadriga: at speed. Among the vases with red figures
on a black ground the following maybe noted:—No. 155
(Case 57), a most curious model of an astragalcs, on which is
represented a dance of Nymphs or Majuads, who appear to be
directed by a bearded figure acting as choragos. These
dancing figures are painted on four sides of the astragalos.
They are arranged in groups of three. This curious specimen