Jan., 191 2. Antiquities from Boscoreale. 159 



through a light and airy, but somewhat complicated, structure. At 

 either side there is a similar black stripe serving as background. 



The dado is like that of No. 24657, but there is also a yellow stripe 

 at the bottom with nearly black horizontal lines. 



The top-piece, which is decorated with sea-monsters in yellowish 

 white on green ground, is surrounded by a dark red border, which is 

 edged on the inner side with a narrow white stripe and, at least at top 

 and bottom, with a wider reddish brown stripe. The upper border is 

 continued at the ends by short pieces of yellow with the usual red lines, 

 extending across the black at the sides. The darker shade of the under 

 side is indicated by slightly whitening the background. 1 This border 

 with the end-pieces forms the top of the panel, and corresponds in plane 

 to the top of the dado. 



In the space between dado and top-piece the front plane of the wall 

 is represented by a vertical yellow band on the right, bearing a narrow 

 red stripe and line, but the edge or frame, so to speak, about the opening 

 is green, both the sides and the slightly arched top. Just above the top 

 a gray cornice, both ends of which are visible, projects forward. Its 

 under side is painted a darker hue to show that it is in shadow. 



The space within the opening is occupied by architectural motives 

 in two stories, which do not, however, exactly correspond either struct- 

 urally or in plane. In the first story there is, on the left, flush with the 

 front, a sort of gallery, the exterior of which is yellow, the interior most- 

 ly green. It has a rectangular pilaster on the right, an Ionic architrave, 

 a red frieze the lower half of which is occupied by a yellow leaf pattern, 

 suggesting dentils, and a widely overhanging cornice. On the right, at 

 both front and back, there are acroteria consisting each of a double 

 vegetable scroll, the yellow color of which probably represents gilded 

 bronze. On the right there is a wider building, which is set somewhat 

 farther back. The sides are dark green. The ceiling has grayish 

 strips, with reddish brown interstices, from front to back. A small 

 fragment of a wreath, which was attached to it, still remains. Above 

 the ceiling there is, in front, a gray architrave of Ionic type. This 

 architrave, the top of which is about on a level with the ceiling of the 

 yellow edifice, is surmounted by a rectangular panel which has a dark 

 red border with edging of white on the inside. The interior has on a 

 green ground a rosette in the center with a boucranion at either side, 

 all in yellow. This top-piece is clearly back of the roof of the first 

 building. 



In the second story the entire front is occupied 'by a sort of vestibule. 

 Its left wall is yellow, the corresponding wall on the right does not 



1 Traces of a similar proceeding may be seen in No. 24657. 



