Special ObjeBs—Caftets. 221
The front, back, top, and fides of this fplendid cafket from Veroli
(the fineft of the clafs to which it belongs) are delicately carved with
claffical fubjeds, fome of which are identical with thofe in the plaques in
the Meyrick Collection defcribed in the next article. Amongft thefe
fubjeds are Europa on the bull, Orpheus with his lyre, Bacchus in a
chariot drawn by leopards, Pegafus, Efculapius, the child Achilles
taught by Chiron, &c. (543-547)

'58. ^41.

of the top
Original in

TWO Portions of a Cafket with the ends
floping. Byzantine. 9th to iith century.
the Douce (Meyrick) Colle&ion. Each, Η. 2 in., L. 10. in.

I. A mythological feries of figures. To the left a child feeding a
lion, holding a plate to it ; above, a hound licking a plate; achild fitting
on the top of a ihort column looking on. In the middle a child riding
on a kind of fea horfe, and to the right children playing with a mare, one
fucking her teats as in the Veroli cafket. A fmall altar in the right
angle of the piece. Very deep relief, evidently by the fame artift as the
Veroli cafket.
2. Two centaurs playing on the pan-pipes, with a child playing the
cymbals, and one (Chiron) fondling a child (Achilles). In the centre a
youthful male figure Landing leaning on his long wand. To the left,
part of another figure, injured, playing on a kind of lyre. A child with
its head in a flat vafe as in the Veroli cafket. Very bold excellent
work. (548, 549)

'73· 2^3.

LONG Plaque with
of a Cafket.

Hoping ends (part of the Hoping top
Byzantine. 10th or iith century.
Original -? L. 8f in., W. if in.

At each end is a battle between two warriors, three of whom are
armed with ihort fwords and fmall rounded fhields, and the fourth with
a ihort fpear. In the middle two naked warriors Handing ereft, each
holding a long fpear and a large round ihield refting on the ground.
(550.)