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



The bottom is much discolored. There seem to be some differences in the 

 grayish green tints, but they are probably all substantially the same. In the lower 

 part the yellow was applied before the grayish green bands and before the columns. 

 The red is prior to the bands of grayish green which cross it, and prior to the can- 

 delabrum. In the upper part the yellow and the white were put on before the 

 remainder of the paint. 



About one-fourth of the surface of the lowest band of the cornice is lacking, and 

 about four-fifths of the remainder. 



FRESCO. 24672. [Plate CXXVIIL] 



Panel with architectural decoration on black ground. From the 

 villa in which Nos. 24669, 24670 were found. 



About the top and left side there is a border, which consists of a white 

 line on the inside followed by dark red and brown lines with traces of 

 white toward the extreme outer edge. No border is now visible on the 

 right side, which is incomplete, nor on the lower edge, which is largely- 

 restored. 



The design consists of two rectangular pavilions or porches connected 

 by an arch, the whole being surmounted by a garland, which is suspended 

 from the top of the panel and is attached at the ends to either side. The 

 pavilions, which are in the Ionic style, occupy the lower corners. They 

 have whitish and yellow columns, dull red frieze and elaborate yellow 

 and brownish cornice. The architrave is yellow on the outer face, 

 purplish inside and grayish on the under side. Dark yellow beams 

 divide the ceiling into panels, the high parts of which are colored bluish 

 gray, the deep parts brownish red. In the interior of the pavilions 

 there are unsupported animal figures — on the left a winged lion of 

 grayish yellow color, bearing a lotus-flower on his head; on the right 

 an indistinct and clumsy winged figure, probably a bull, only a few bits 

 of which, painted a grayish white, are original, while the remainder, 

 which is of a reddish color, is restored. 



The roofs of the pavilions are connected by a broad arched band, 

 the bluish color of which probably indicates metal. On the upper edge 

 there are wide scallops, each of which terminates in a conventionalized 

 yellow flower. From the center of the arch, which is covered by a sort 

 of shield, rises a short ornamented standard supporting a basket or 

 canister. On the front of the roof rises a vegetable scroll, which ends 

 within in a rosette. At the left, a long slender feline animal stands with 

 one fore leg on the scroll, while the other is uplifted. The head is 

 turned sharply back. On the right there is a corresponding animal, 

 perhaps a dog, with head turned partly to the right and pointed upward. 

 Animals and scrolls are of brownish yellow color. 



