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

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CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.

2483. HANDLE OF VASE, formed of two sea-monsters, ending in a moulded centre;
they have wolves’ heads, with ears erect. Length 8f in. Castellani, 1873. Head of one
broken off.

2484. HANDLES OF SITULA as Nos. 314 or 652 ; one of the handles is only half preserved.
At each end they pass through rings fixed into the head of a Seilenos (cf. Nos. 652, 2514), with
open mouth forming a spout; eyebrows much raised ; neck indicated below ; hair on forehead
merely incised. Diam. 8 in. Good work.

2485. HANDLES OF SITULA, aslast ; instead of Seilenos’head, a lion’s head, hollow behind,
with open mouth forming a spout. Diam. 5f in.

2486. HANDLES OF SITULA, as before ; on one side, lion’s head ; on the othei', head of
bearded Satyr wearing ivy-wreath with berries. Diam. 7 in. Well executed.

2487. HANDLE OF SITULA, with double ring at the top ; belo.v, a beai'ded head in relief,
wearing panther-skin over the head, the paws tied under the chin ; the type of the features
recalls the heads of Zeus. Ht. 3! in. Payne Knight Coll.

2488. HANDLE OF SITULA. Mask of Seilenos, wearing ivy-wreath, with large open moutli
pi'ojecting, like a comic mask, as if to form a spout ; below is another bearded head in relief.
Ht. 3- in. Payne Knight Coll. 47.

2489. HANDLE OF SITULA. As the last ; the lower head is that of a Maenad(?), with
curly hair. Ht. 3L in.

2490. HANDLE OF VASE, foi'med of the heads and fore-parts of two snakes end to end, with
crests ; the body of each is twisted in a single coil. Above, between thern, is a bud ; below, an
acanthus (?) plant with spreading leaves. Length 6 in. Castellani, 1873. Underneath is a
groove for fitting to the rim.

2491. HANDLE OF VASE, as last ; the middle part is elaborately moulded ; the upper part
is in the form of a bud, and the lower, of two volutes bound together, with a bud between. At
each end is the head of a goat with long pointed beard. Length 7-J in. Castellani, 1873.

2492. HANDLE OF VASE, ending in cows’ heads in relief, above whic’n are lions seated with
hind-legs on the handle and fore-paws on the cows’ heads ; a crescent-shaped piece is attached
to the middle of the handle. Length 6f in. Payne Knight Coll. 74.

2493. HANDLE OF VASE, in form of a stem with an ivy-plant climbing up it; on the upper

part is perched a parrot; it ends below in an oscillum, with ivy-wreath and a plait of hair down

either side of the face. Ht. 6 in. Sidon, 1888.

2494. HANDLE OF VASE, in form of a dolphin with arched back and tail raised ; the tail

rests on a sort of plinth, and the head on another which ends in a leaf-pattern. Length 8 in.

2495. HANDLES OF LARGE VASE. A snake is twisted round the middle of each, and on
either side of it is a lizard ; the handle is grained like a bough of a tree. Each ends in the
busts of a Satyr (on the r.) and a Maenad (on the I.). The Maenad has wavy hair falling in
tresses on the shoulders, and wears a sphendone and chiton fastened on r. shoulder, leaving the
1. bi'east bare ; in r. hand she holds a dolphin, and in 1. a vine leaf (in one case broken off).
The Satyr is bearded, viith thick hair, and wears a panther’s skin fastened on 1. shoulder ; with
r. hand he holds up fruit in a fold of the skin, and on his 1. a lamb is seated to 1. Ht. of each,
5j in. One is in much better condition than the other.

2496. HANDLE OF VASE, with figures in relief; above, a lotos-flower ; a head to r., with
hair falling in rich curls ; a rude animal to 1., lying dovvn ; in the background, flowers. Below
is a Gorgoneion, with masses of hair tied in a top-knot, srnall wings on the head, and two snakes
tied under the chin, the heads of which project over the foi'ehcad. Ht. 5 in.