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OVAL BOWLS 



Nos. 197-200, though of widely varying size, are of the same 

 type. The shape is oval, one end being more pointed than the 

 other. Around the edge is a flange, broader at the rounded end than 

 at the other and apparently intended for tilting the dish. On each 

 side is a hinged handle. Nos. 201, 202 are similar in shape to the pre- 

 ceding, but have a single, rigid handle, attached at the broader end 

 and the two sides of the dish. These bowls were probably for holding 

 some article of food, which was to be poured out from the end. 



197. (24035) Oval Bowl 



On the attachment of each handle are two reclining figures of nude boys, 

 probably young satyrs, with one hand on the head and the other grasping the 

 neck of a wine-skin. Between the two boys is an ape-like face, surmounted by 

 a floral knob. 



Naples 109822. 



198. (24027) Oval Bowl 



The attachments of the handles end in dogs' heads. The vessel has three 

 feet in the form of spiral shells. 

 Naples 68763. 



199. 200. (24033, 24034) Two Oval Bowls 



These two dishes were evidently intended to form a pair, though one is 

 slightly larger than the other. The attachments of the handles, with a palmette 

 ornament in the middle, are identical. 



Naples 68757, 68756. 



201. (24062) Oval Bowl 



Handle in the form of two stems with lanceolate leaves. At the top is a 

 parrot, serving as a thumb-rest. The lower attachment takes the form of a 

 female mask. 



Naples 68797. 



202. (24058) Oval Bowl 



Handle in the form of two ivy-stems with leaves and berries. At the top, 

 a parrot, serving as a thumb-rest. At the lower attachment, a female mask. 

 Naples 68795. 



FRUIT DISHES (?) 



Dishes of the type of Nos. 203-205, fluted in imitation of a shell, 

 exist in considerable numbers both in silver and in bronze. They 

 have been commonly called pastry molds, but have been more plaus- 

 ibly explained as fruit dishes. (Pernice, Jahrb. des arch. Instituts, 

 Anzeiger, 1900, p. 186.) No. 206 may be classed with them. 



203. (24031) Fruit Dish (?) 



In the center is a mask of Medusa in relief. There are two swinging handles. 

 Naples 76299. Mus. Borb. VI, xliv, i, 2; Overbeck, Pompeii, Fig. 241, s; Mau-Kelsey, 

 Pompeii, Fig. 204, s. 



