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LATE ETRUSCAN BRONZES.
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and crest as usual. Round the edge is a laurel-wreath. The handle is in the
form of a group of Peleus and Atalanta wrestling, each with one hand on hip,
passing the other round the back of the other’s neck ; they stand to the front,
bending towards each other. Atalanta on the r. wears necklace and loin-cloth ;
both have their hair rolled up all round.
Ht. I4f in. Palestrina, 1888. Murray. Handbook of Gk. Archaeology, p. 136; Builder,
23 Feb. 1889, p. 145. The style is late, probably of the third century B.C., but the drawing is
free without being careless. For the subject (2), cf. Jahn, Gr. Bilderchroniken, pp. 27, 67, m.
Round the cista are eight holes for the attachment of rings as Nos. 742-744.
747. Cista. On the cover are three figures : (1) The infant Heracles strangling
the snakes. He squats with 1. leg doubled up and 1. hand extended, holding a
snake in r. hand against his leg; it coils round behind his back, and at his 1. side
is another snake. (2) Iphicles (?) squats with r. leg doubled up, 1. hand
extended (having held some object), r. hand by his side, looking to his 1.
(3) A bearded man seated in a reflective attitude looking down to his r., and
supporting his head with I. hand ; his r. foot is extended, and in r. hand he
holds the pommel of a sword (?).
The cista stands on three feet in the form of lion’s clavvs ; above each
is a Siren in relief, with hair drawn back from the forehead and wings spread.
Ht. 9|in. Campanari, 1839. Surface of cista rather worn.
748. Peleus wrestling with Atalanta, from the top of a cista. They stoop
forward to wrestle; Peleus to r. with 1. hand seizes Atalanta’s 1. arm behind her
head, and with r. hand he seizes her r. arm ; her r. hand grasps his 1. shoulder.
Peleus is beardless and nude, with hair in short rough curls; Atalanta has
short curly hair, and wears a fillet and short girt chiton.
Ht. 3fin. 1852. Feet of both figures injured.
749. Two Feet of Cista in the form of lions’ claws, above vvhich is a Sphinx
in relief, both sides of the body being shown in false perspective (see Journ.
Hell. Stud. ii. pl. 15, fig. 4, p. 318) ; the hair is treated in a semi-Egyptian
fashion, in formal rovvs of curls over the forehead and one tress falling on each
shoulder ; the wings are spread.
Ht. 6J and 6|in. Acquired from the Earl of Carlisle, 1896. Coarse work.
750. Foot of Cista, in the form of a lion’s clavv on a plinth, above which is
a Siren to the front in relief.
Ht. 2 in. From Vulci ; obtained 1829. Burgon Coll. Coarse work.
751. Three Feet of a Cista, in the form of lion’s clavvs surmounted by imitation
Ionic caps ; above each is a group of a Greek and Amazon in combat in
relief. The Greek to r. has forced the Amazon down on her knees, and places
1. foot on her r. leg, seizing her by her dishevelled hair ; she kneels to r. and
grasps his r. arm with r. hand. The Greek is beardless, vvith sword-belt and
chlamys floating from 1. shoulder, and shield at his r. side ; the Amazon has
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and crest as usual. Round the edge is a laurel-wreath. The handle is in the
form of a group of Peleus and Atalanta wrestling, each with one hand on hip,
passing the other round the back of the other’s neck ; they stand to the front,
bending towards each other. Atalanta on the r. wears necklace and loin-cloth ;
both have their hair rolled up all round.
Ht. I4f in. Palestrina, 1888. Murray. Handbook of Gk. Archaeology, p. 136; Builder,
23 Feb. 1889, p. 145. The style is late, probably of the third century B.C., but the drawing is
free without being careless. For the subject (2), cf. Jahn, Gr. Bilderchroniken, pp. 27, 67, m.
Round the cista are eight holes for the attachment of rings as Nos. 742-744.
747. Cista. On the cover are three figures : (1) The infant Heracles strangling
the snakes. He squats with 1. leg doubled up and 1. hand extended, holding a
snake in r. hand against his leg; it coils round behind his back, and at his 1. side
is another snake. (2) Iphicles (?) squats with r. leg doubled up, 1. hand
extended (having held some object), r. hand by his side, looking to his 1.
(3) A bearded man seated in a reflective attitude looking down to his r., and
supporting his head with I. hand ; his r. foot is extended, and in r. hand he
holds the pommel of a sword (?).
The cista stands on three feet in the form of lion’s clavvs ; above each
is a Siren in relief, with hair drawn back from the forehead and wings spread.
Ht. 9|in. Campanari, 1839. Surface of cista rather worn.
748. Peleus wrestling with Atalanta, from the top of a cista. They stoop
forward to wrestle; Peleus to r. with 1. hand seizes Atalanta’s 1. arm behind her
head, and with r. hand he seizes her r. arm ; her r. hand grasps his 1. shoulder.
Peleus is beardless and nude, with hair in short rough curls; Atalanta has
short curly hair, and wears a fillet and short girt chiton.
Ht. 3fin. 1852. Feet of both figures injured.
749. Two Feet of Cista in the form of lions’ claws, above vvhich is a Sphinx
in relief, both sides of the body being shown in false perspective (see Journ.
Hell. Stud. ii. pl. 15, fig. 4, p. 318) ; the hair is treated in a semi-Egyptian
fashion, in formal rovvs of curls over the forehead and one tress falling on each
shoulder ; the wings are spread.
Ht. 6J and 6|in. Acquired from the Earl of Carlisle, 1896. Coarse work.
750. Foot of Cista, in the form of a lion’s clavv on a plinth, above which is
a Siren to the front in relief.
Ht. 2 in. From Vulci ; obtained 1829. Burgon Coll. Coarse work.
751. Three Feet of a Cista, in the form of lion’s clavvs surmounted by imitation
Ionic caps ; above each is a group of a Greek and Amazon in combat in
relief. The Greek to r. has forced the Amazon down on her knees, and places
1. foot on her r. leg, seizing her by her dishevelled hair ; she kneels to r. and
grasps his r. arm with r. hand. The Greek is beardless, vvith sword-belt and
chlamys floating from 1. shoulder, and shield at his r. side ; the Amazon has