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



217-219, may have been used chiefly for heating water. Pernice, 

 Jahrb. des arch. Instituts, Anzeiger, 1900, pp. 191, 192. 



211. (24036) Saucepan 



In the center a mask (Medusa?), encircled by a gilt band. On the outside 

 an incised rectilinear pattern ending above in a series of points. The fluted 

 handle ends in a ram's head. 



Naples 73455- As the mouth of Medusa is slightly open, this dish could hardly have been used 

 for cooking or serving anything liquid. 



212. (24026) Saucepan 



In the center a rosette, encircled by a pattern of tendrils and leaves, a bead 

 pattern and a guilloche ( ?) between bead patterns. On the edge a bead pattern. 

 The handle, flat above and rounded below, ends in a he-goat's head. On the 

 flat part of the handle is a vegetable pattern, and on the attachment another. 



Naples 73440- v 



213. (24032) Saucepan 



The bowl is molded, but otherwise plain. The fluted handle ends in a head 

 of the young Hercules in a lion's skin, the paws tied under his neck. On the 

 attachment of the handle are two masks. 



Naples 73438. 



214. (24030) Saucepan 



In the center a raised medallion, on which is a relief of a kneeling warrior 

 wearing a chiton ( ?) and armed with cuirass, helmet, shield and dagger. 

 Around the medallion concentric bands of ornament — egg, palmette-and- 

 lotus, herring-bone, and a sort of leaf pattern, the margins of the leaves appear- 

 ing in relief on the inside and in intaglio on the outside. On the lip, bead and 

 egg patterns. The handle is composed of two conventionalized plant stems, 

 banded together at the middle, with a mask (Medusa?) at the inner end; the 

 attachments have the form of dolphins, each with a spirally grooved object in 

 its mouth. 



Naples 73439. Mus. Borb. VII, lxiii. Schreiber, Alexandrinische Toreutik, No. 25, interprets 

 the spirally grooved object as water issuing from the dolphin's mouth. 



215. (24037) Saucepan 



The bowl is plain, except for a molded band on the inside near the top- 

 The handle is composed of two conventionalized plant stems, the attachments 

 ending in birds' heads. 



Naples 73456. 



216. (24029) Saucepan 



The bowl is molded, but otherwise plain. The handle is composed of two 

 snakes, twisted and knotted together. On the handle, at the inner end, is a 

 kneeling child, perhaps a young satyr. The attachment of the handle is a 

 rudely modeled lion's head. 



Naples 73427. 



217. (24184) Saucepan 



The bowl has a base-ring. The slightly ornamented handle was apparent- 

 ly made separately and soldered on. 

 Naples 73387- 



