. Pompeii : its life and art . ristyleof the house of the Faun (Fig. 182). The figure is well con-ceived, and the technical handling is much above the average ofexcellence. Small tables or stands of bronze supported by three slenderlegs were called tri-pods. The top wasflat, but not infre- C£f .-. V^fquently surrounded bya deep rim, making aconvenient receptaclefor light objects. Therim of the exampleshown in Fig. 183 isornamented with fes-toons and bucrania,while the upper partsof the legs are modelledto represent wingedsphinxes. This standwas not found in thetemple of Isis, as isoften stated
. Pompeii : its life and art . ristyleof the house of the Faun (Fig. 182). The figure is well con-ceived, and the technical handling is much above the average ofexcellence. Small tables or stands of bronze supported by three slenderlegs were called tri-pods. The top wasflat, but not infre- C£f .-. V^fquently surrounded bya deep rim, making aconvenient receptaclefor light objects. Therim of the exampleshown in Fig. 183 isornamented with fes-toons and bucrania,while the upper partsof the legs are modelledto represent wingedsphinxes. This standwas not found in thetemple of Isis, as isoften stated, but proba-bly in Herculaneum. The bisellium, the seat of double width,was a chair of simpledesign without a back,used in the Theatre andAmphitheatre by mem-bers of the city counciland others upon whomthe honor of the bisel-lium had been con-ferred. The remains of one with bronze mountings have beenrestored. The restoration, however, does not seem to be correctin all particulars, and instead of presenting it we may refer the. Fig. 183. — Bronze stand with an ornamented rim aroundthe top. 364 POMPEII
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