Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

VASES.

397

Marble. Height, 8 feet 11 inches; diameter of body of vase, 2 feet
4 inches. Restored : lip of rase, and a large part of the back-
ground of the body ; (a) right leg, left foot, nose and mouth of
Satyr, and rock ; (6) right thigh and various patches ; (c) left
leg and left shoulder alone antique; (c?) middle of body, with
left hand and part of pole, together with feet and patch on
shoulder, alone antique; (e) hands with pole restored ; the tree
is mainly modern ; (/) head original, with part of right shoulder
and body; (j) patch on shoulder and tail alone antique. Most
of basket, with bird, modern. The substantial accuracy of the
restoration, so far as regards the figures from a to <?, is shown by
a relief on a puteal in the National Museum at Naples (Mus-
Borbonico, TL, pi. 11; Miiller-Wieseler, Denkmaeler, II., No. 475).
The legs are much made up and restored, but the general arrange-
ment seems to be justified. The base is in the same position as
regards restoration. Two of the bulls' heads are ancient.
Piranesi (Vasi e Candelahri, II., pis. 57-59 ; Young's ed., pis. 186-
187) states that the vase was the property of a Mr. John Boyd
in England, and was found at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, in 1769.
Compare Gavin Hamilton's Letters on Sculptures from the
Pantanello :—" Cav. Piranesi, a great number of Fragments of
Vases." Journ. of Hellen. Studies, XXL, p. 310. Purchased of
Mr. A. Johnston, 1868. Grwco-Iloman Guide, I., No. 134a.

2503. Large circular vase. The body is fluted and encircled
with, a laurel wreath; the lip is ornamented with the
egg-and-tongue and bead mouldings; on each side is a
twisted handle, terminating at its upper attachments in
a pair of swans' heads and in foliage below. The foot is
in the form of a column, with spreading base, resting on
a square plinth. The lower part of this column is richly
decorated with acanthus leaves and other floral ornaments.
—Borne. Presented by Lord Western, 1838.

Italian marble. Height, 4 feet 8 inches ; diameter, 3 feet 8 inches.
Restored : one of the handles and the upper part of the support.
Mus- Marbles, XL, pi. 52 ; Groeco-Roman Guide, II., No. 62.

2504. Eelief from the body of a marble vase. Dionysos and
Ariadne (?). Dionysos stands to the front, resting
mainly on the right leg, with his left hand on the