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VASES, ETC.
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2471. COLANDER (3(fyior). The handle ends in a tiger’s head ; on the end next the bowl has
been a design, which is all worn or cut away. Length 15^ in. Diara. of bowl 5f in. 1860.
Strainer and rim modern.
2472. TREFOIL OINOCHO^ with high handle, at the lower junction of which is a relief of
the child Dionysos nearly to the front, wearing short chiton and himation held up in 1. hand ;
in r. hand he holds out a bunch of grapes. Ht. 7j in. From Pompeii. Bequeathed by Sir W.
Temple, 1856.
2473. TREFOIL OINOCHOlt. The handle is in the form of a nude athlete who throws him-
self backwards and holds in each hand by the hind-leg a lioness crouching along the lip. On
either side of his feet is a ram lying down with face turned to the front; below, a palmette.
Ht. 5f in. From Ruvo. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. Corroded.
2474. TREFOIL OINOCHOE. Fluted handle, ending above in a woman’s head with waved
hair, and below in a Satyric mask. Ht. 6| in. Galaxidi, 1884. Well executed.
2475. TREFOIL OINOCHOE. The handle ends above in the fore-part of a duck, roughly
executed, inlaid with silver ; below is the mask of a bearded Satyr ; double row of rings up the
handle. Ht. 6~ in. Castellani, 1873. Beautiful dark green patina over one side of the vase.
2476. OLPE. The handle ends above in a bent leaf, with a sheep’s head on either side along
the lip ; a leaf is folded back down the central part. Below is Pan, bearded, with goat’s legs,
horns, and ears, seated to the front cross-legged on the head of an ibex, playing on the syrinx.
Ht. 8 in. Borrell Coll., 1852.
2477. OLPE. On the handle, above, is a swan pluming the feathers on its back ; below, a
festoon, a stick and ^fiedian crossed, and a pedum ; at the lower junction with the vase, a bust
of a youthful Satvr looking up to his 1., wearing a skin, and holding a branch in r. hand b.ehind
his head. Ht. I4x in. Blacas Coll., 1867.
2478. OLP£. On the handle, above, a large acanthus-plant, and on either side a goat’s head
extending along the lip ; down the handle is an acanthus-leaf. At the lower junction with the
vase is a Gorgoneion, of the fine type, winged, with vine-leaves in the hair ; below, two
dolphins confronted over the head of an octopus (?). Ht. 16 in. Blacas Coll., 1867.
2479. BEAKER, decorated with bands of pattern, which have been inlaid with enamel : two
rows of vine-leaves, a myrtle-wreath, a plant with ragged leaves, and a myrtle-wreath ; below
each, a ban i of dentils ; round the bottom, bands of toothed lines. Diam. 41 in. Castellani
1872. Bottom broken away.
2480. PAIR OF HANDLES from vase, each ending in two large leaf-shaped pieces, on which
are busts in relief of the Dioscuri (?) rising out of a calyx, with curly hair and peaked caps ; in
the background of each, two palm-branches. Ht. 6J in. Castellani, 1873.
2481. HANDLE OF JUG. Above is a figure of Scylla reaching to the hips, with hair in
a knot, chiton with apoptygma leaving r. shoulder bare, and r. hand raised menacingly ; in 1.
hand she holds the head of an eel (?), which is twisted round her arnt. On either side is a dog,
lying along the lip of the vase, with face turned towards her ; on the back of each is a tendril
of ivy-leaves inlaid in silver. Below is a group of a Satyr and Maenad dancing ; the Satyr in
a crouching attitude to r., looking back, holds the Maenad’s hand in his 1. over his head, and
places his r. hand under her chin ; she is also to r. Ht. 6 in. Castellani, 1873. Head of one
dog, right foot of Satyr, and lower part of Maenad lost.
2482. HANDLE OF VASE formed of two dolphins bent round and supporting in their mouths
the central piece, which is moulded and turns on a pivot; they rest on a mask of a sea-deity,
their tails spreading out on either side of his face, beaten out quite flat. The deity has richly-
curling hair, and his face is covered with sea-weed (cf. Nos. 964, 974), a fringe of vvhich, beaten
out fiat, is under his chin ; his eyes are inlaid with silver. Ht. 4J in. 1851.
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2471. COLANDER (3(fyior). The handle ends in a tiger’s head ; on the end next the bowl has
been a design, which is all worn or cut away. Length 15^ in. Diara. of bowl 5f in. 1860.
Strainer and rim modern.
2472. TREFOIL OINOCHO^ with high handle, at the lower junction of which is a relief of
the child Dionysos nearly to the front, wearing short chiton and himation held up in 1. hand ;
in r. hand he holds out a bunch of grapes. Ht. 7j in. From Pompeii. Bequeathed by Sir W.
Temple, 1856.
2473. TREFOIL OINOCHOlt. The handle is in the form of a nude athlete who throws him-
self backwards and holds in each hand by the hind-leg a lioness crouching along the lip. On
either side of his feet is a ram lying down with face turned to the front; below, a palmette.
Ht. 5f in. From Ruvo. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. Corroded.
2474. TREFOIL OINOCHOE. Fluted handle, ending above in a woman’s head with waved
hair, and below in a Satyric mask. Ht. 6| in. Galaxidi, 1884. Well executed.
2475. TREFOIL OINOCHOE. The handle ends above in the fore-part of a duck, roughly
executed, inlaid with silver ; below is the mask of a bearded Satyr ; double row of rings up the
handle. Ht. 6~ in. Castellani, 1873. Beautiful dark green patina over one side of the vase.
2476. OLPE. The handle ends above in a bent leaf, with a sheep’s head on either side along
the lip ; a leaf is folded back down the central part. Below is Pan, bearded, with goat’s legs,
horns, and ears, seated to the front cross-legged on the head of an ibex, playing on the syrinx.
Ht. 8 in. Borrell Coll., 1852.
2477. OLPE. On the handle, above, is a swan pluming the feathers on its back ; below, a
festoon, a stick and ^fiedian crossed, and a pedum ; at the lower junction with the vase, a bust
of a youthful Satvr looking up to his 1., wearing a skin, and holding a branch in r. hand b.ehind
his head. Ht. I4x in. Blacas Coll., 1867.
2478. OLP£. On the handle, above, a large acanthus-plant, and on either side a goat’s head
extending along the lip ; down the handle is an acanthus-leaf. At the lower junction with the
vase is a Gorgoneion, of the fine type, winged, with vine-leaves in the hair ; below, two
dolphins confronted over the head of an octopus (?). Ht. 16 in. Blacas Coll., 1867.
2479. BEAKER, decorated with bands of pattern, which have been inlaid with enamel : two
rows of vine-leaves, a myrtle-wreath, a plant with ragged leaves, and a myrtle-wreath ; below
each, a ban i of dentils ; round the bottom, bands of toothed lines. Diam. 41 in. Castellani
1872. Bottom broken away.
2480. PAIR OF HANDLES from vase, each ending in two large leaf-shaped pieces, on which
are busts in relief of the Dioscuri (?) rising out of a calyx, with curly hair and peaked caps ; in
the background of each, two palm-branches. Ht. 6J in. Castellani, 1873.
2481. HANDLE OF JUG. Above is a figure of Scylla reaching to the hips, with hair in
a knot, chiton with apoptygma leaving r. shoulder bare, and r. hand raised menacingly ; in 1.
hand she holds the head of an eel (?), which is twisted round her arnt. On either side is a dog,
lying along the lip of the vase, with face turned towards her ; on the back of each is a tendril
of ivy-leaves inlaid in silver. Below is a group of a Satyr and Maenad dancing ; the Satyr in
a crouching attitude to r., looking back, holds the Maenad’s hand in his 1. over his head, and
places his r. hand under her chin ; she is also to r. Ht. 6 in. Castellani, 1873. Head of one
dog, right foot of Satyr, and lower part of Maenad lost.
2482. HANDLE OF VASE formed of two dolphins bent round and supporting in their mouths
the central piece, which is moulded and turns on a pivot; they rest on a mask of a sea-deity,
their tails spreading out on either side of his face, beaten out quite flat. The deity has richly-
curling hair, and his face is covered with sea-weed (cf. Nos. 964, 974), a fringe of vvhich, beaten
out fiat, is under his chin ; his eyes are inlaid with silver. Ht. 4J in. 1851.
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