Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

EARLY ITALIAN BRONZES.

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380. STAFF OR ROD, hollow, set in a solid handle terminating in a knob of open work, frorn
which hang five rings ; the hollow part is hammered together from a plate ; on both parts are
incised bands of parallel rings, alternating with diagonal lines. Length 135- in. Payne Knight
Coll. Archaeologia, xxxvi. p. 360, No. 2. At the lower end of the staff is a rivet-hole.

381. STAFF, hollow, made of a plate hammered together ; the surface is ornamented with
hatched zigzag lines. At either end a loop for the attachment of a cluster of chains, which
at one end still remain. Length 11£ in. Payne Knight Coll. Archaeologia, xxxvi. p. 360, No. 3.

382. TRIPOD, consisting of a lebes resting on three legs curved outwards ; on the base of the
curve is the figure of a horseman wearing a conical cap. These curved legs rest on rude
human legs, the feet of which support the entire structure ; under the horseman is open-work,
in which is the figure of a duck. Ht. 8 in. Diam. 8|- in. From Capua. Castellani, 1873.
One leg lost.

383. PLATE in the form of an axe-head surmounted by a loop, on either side of which is a
curved projection, representing the head of an aquatic bird with curved beak; to each of these
is attached a loop from which hangs by a chain a pendant representing a man or ape crouching
and holding up some object between chin and knees. Compare No. 344. Length \\ in.
From Ruvo. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. Extremely rude work.

384. FRAGMENTS OF LEBES, made of plates riveted together with round-headed nails.
On either side has been attached a handle of solid bronze, the two sides of which curve
upwards from the base in the form of an S, terminating on each side in the rudely-modelled
head of an animal, with wide open jaws and large erect ears, perhaps a Gryphon. On a cross-
bar which connects these curved sides is a vertical bar surmounted by a knob, from which
issue two curved rods tapering downwards, each terminating in a knob ; this is probably a rude
imitation of the human figure. Ht. of handle, 7! in. From Vulci. Archaeologia, xxxvi. pl. 27,
fig. 10.

385. BRAZIER, supported on four wheels, each of six spokes ; on each of the two longer
sides is a Hippocamp with one leg extended in front, cut out of a flat piece of bronze. In the
inside are two bars placed lengthwise, on which the fuel was placed ; at each corner is an
erect spike. Ht. nf in. ; to the edge of the brazier, 9 in. Length i8j in. Probably from
Chiusi. Millingen Coil., 1847.

386. SHOVEL (?) for carrying fuel, with ornamental blade of open work, placed at right
angles to the handle. Length 13^ in. Millingen ColL, 1847.

387. FOUR HIPPOCAMPS, as those on No. 385, which have formed the corner-pieces of a
brazier, resting on long narrow supports, below which are wlieels with eight spokes, forming
quatrefoil openings. Ht. of each, 13^ in. Millingen ColL, 1847. A brazier with similar
Hippocamps is in the Karlsruhe Museum (Schumacher, Cat. 382).

388. HIPPOCAMP, probably from the edge of a brazier as No. 385, with one leg extended in
front, cut out of a flat piece of bronze. Length 4J in.

389. FORE-PARTS OF TWO HORSES, each resting on a square base, the bottom and
one side of which are open for fixing on the end of a chariot-pole. Ht. 5f- and 6 in.
Castellani, 1873.

390. TWO HEADS OF HORSES, with manes combed flat over the forehead and down the
neck ; in one case the ears are upright, in the other pointed forward. Square ends with open
sockets for fixing 011 a chariot-pole. Ht. 8 and 7~ in. From Chiusi. Castellani, 1873.