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FIRST VASE ROOM.
SICILIAN VASES.
The vases in Cases 55-56 were discovered by George
Dennis, Esq., in tombs at Centuripse, Gela, and Agrigentum,
in Sicily. This collection, which was presented to the British
Museum in 1868 by the late Earl Russell, consists chieily of
lekythi, with red figures on a black ground, but also cop tains
several specimens of that polychrome style which has been
already noticed in describing the later Athenian vases.
Nos. 163q and 16-Iq are two very fine examples of this
class. No. 163, alekythos, 1 foot 6 inches in height, on which
a group of two female figures is painted in several colours on a
white ground. One of these figures is seated, and holds out
a wreath with both hands ; before her stands another female
figure, holding out to her a phiale, which she has filled with
wine from the oinochoe in her left hand; behind this figure
is an Ionic column. No. 164, alekythos, 1 foot inches in
height, on which a seated female figure is painted in several
colours on a white ground. This figure holds up a chaplet or
fillet with both hands ; behind her is a kalatlios, or basket for
wool, above which hangs an alabastos. Her chiton is painted
a reddish-brown ; over the lap is thrown a black peplos. The
figures on both these vases are remarkable for the severe
simplicity of the drawing and colouring, and the distinctness
and purity of the outline. They enable us to form some idea
of the effect of an ancient mural painting from the school of
Polvgnotos. In the lekythi with red figures on a black
ground the same simple and severe style of drawing prevails.
The subjects are generally single figures, or groups of two.
Demeter and Triptolemos, Apollo and Artemis, Nike and
Eros, are among the figures represented. The head-dresses
of the figures on the vuses, and the general type of features,
resemble those of the female heads on the early silver coins
of Syracuse and other Sicilian cities.
VASES FROM KAMEIROS IN RHODES.
The archaic vases from Rhodes have been already described
(pp. 7, 10).
In Cases 31-36 are a number of vases with red figures,
which are from Kameiros, and belong to the finest period.
FIRST VASE ROOM.
SICILIAN VASES.
The vases in Cases 55-56 were discovered by George
Dennis, Esq., in tombs at Centuripse, Gela, and Agrigentum,
in Sicily. This collection, which was presented to the British
Museum in 1868 by the late Earl Russell, consists chieily of
lekythi, with red figures on a black ground, but also cop tains
several specimens of that polychrome style which has been
already noticed in describing the later Athenian vases.
Nos. 163q and 16-Iq are two very fine examples of this
class. No. 163, alekythos, 1 foot 6 inches in height, on which
a group of two female figures is painted in several colours on a
white ground. One of these figures is seated, and holds out
a wreath with both hands ; before her stands another female
figure, holding out to her a phiale, which she has filled with
wine from the oinochoe in her left hand; behind this figure
is an Ionic column. No. 164, alekythos, 1 foot inches in
height, on which a seated female figure is painted in several
colours on a white ground. This figure holds up a chaplet or
fillet with both hands ; behind her is a kalatlios, or basket for
wool, above which hangs an alabastos. Her chiton is painted
a reddish-brown ; over the lap is thrown a black peplos. The
figures on both these vases are remarkable for the severe
simplicity of the drawing and colouring, and the distinctness
and purity of the outline. They enable us to form some idea
of the effect of an ancient mural painting from the school of
Polvgnotos. In the lekythi with red figures on a black
ground the same simple and severe style of drawing prevails.
The subjects are generally single figures, or groups of two.
Demeter and Triptolemos, Apollo and Artemis, Nike and
Eros, are among the figures represented. The head-dresses
of the figures on the vuses, and the general type of features,
resemble those of the female heads on the early silver coins
of Syracuse and other Sicilian cities.
VASES FROM KAMEIROS IN RHODES.
The archaic vases from Rhodes have been already described
(pp. 7, 10).
In Cases 31-36 are a number of vases with red figures,
which are from Kameiros, and belong to the finest period.