126 Field Museum of Natural History — Anth., Vol. VII. 



raised right hand an end of the drapery which is drawn over her head; the 

 upper attachment is as in the last preceding number; the lower has the form 

 of a satyresque female face, with ivy berries in her hair, loose cloths ( ?) hanging 

 at the sides, and a palmette below. The head of the figure serves as a thumb- 

 rest. 



Naples 109704. 



156. (24045) Ewer 



The vessel is pear-shaped. The flat handle is undecorated; its upper 

 attachment is as in the two preceding numbers; the lower is in the form of a 

 satyresque face. 



Naples 69408. 



157. (24020) Ewer 



Large, pear-shaped vessel resting on three low, broad feet, each having, 

 within a framework formed by a bead pattern above and a scroll at right and left, 

 a crouching sphinx in low open-work relief. On the lip of the vessel bead, 

 cord, and egg-and-dart patterns. Handle in the form of a hermaphrodite, 

 resting his right hand on his head and holding up his drapery with his left 

 hand. He has a chain about his neck and shoes on his feet. Wings, which 

 do not ordinarily belong to a hermaphrodite in Greek and Roman art, are 

 added to serve as attachments for the handle. Under the hermaphrodite's 

 feet is a pedestal and below that the lower attachment, representing a bust of 

 Cupid clasping a duck to his breast. At the back of the hermaphrodite, between 

 his wings, is a female bust on a smaller scale, facing in the opposite direction. 



Naples 73115. Mus. Borb. VIII, xv, 2. 



158. (24061) Ewer 



The upper attachment of the handle ends in birds' heads. The lower 

 attachment is in the form of a large disk with a projection below, representing 

 in part two birds' heads and necks. On the disk is a relief representing the 

 god Bacchus, holding in his right hand a drinking-cup (cantharus) upside down 

 above a leaping panther and resting his left arm about the neck of a satyr, who 

 carries a thyrsus. At the top of the handle is a projection, modeled as a finger 

 and extending nearly to the middle of the mouth of the vessel. 



Naples 69430. Mus. Borb. VII, xm, 2. An example of this not very common type of vessel 

 from Bosco Reale is in this museum; another, also from Bosco Reale, is in Berlin: Jahrbuch des 

 archaologischen Inslituts, Anzeiger, 1900, p. 189. 



SMALL PITCHERS AND THE LIKE 



These small one-handled vessels were probably used for various 

 purposes in the kitchen and the dining-room. Some may have been 

 for wine, others for water, others for oil. Thus, the small necks and 

 narrow, trough-like spouts of Nos. 168-174 suggest that they were 

 intended to hold oil (Overbeck, Pompeii, p. 446). For the sake of 

 distinction Nos. 175-180, characterized by round mouths, are called 

 "jugs" in this catalogue. Nos. 181-185, here called "pouch-shaped 

 pitchers," have a form suggested by that of a skin bottle. On these 

 see Pernice, Jahrb. des arch. Instituts, Anzeiger, 1900, p. 185. 



