. Catalogue of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum. ASES (72--93)- 72. Bowl or Cup. Hemispherical, with plain rim. Round the exterior, a frieze withring of beads above and below : Eight cranes in pairs, divided by four trees, each of ROMAN SILVER WORK. 17 two twisted or branching stems : (i) Two cranes confronted, devouring a water-serpent between them ; below, two plants. (2) Crane to r. with head bent round,biting its 1. leg, and another to front, with head downwards, biting r. foot. (3) Craneto r. biting a serpent coiled on the ground, and another to 1. with r
. Catalogue of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum. ASES (72--93)- 72. Bowl or Cup. Hemispherical, with plain rim. Round the exterior, a frieze withring of beads above and below : Eight cranes in pairs, divided by four trees, each of ROMAN SILVER WORK. 17 two twisted or branching stems : (i) Two cranes confronted, devouring a water-serpent between them ; below, two plants. (2) Crane to r. with head bent round,biting its 1. leg, and another to front, with head downwards, biting r. foot. (3) Craneto r. biting a serpent coiled on the ground, and another to 1. with r. foot raised, aboutto pounce on another serpent on the ground with its beak. (4) Two cranes con-fronted, the one on the 1. with head raised, the other with head downwards, eachdevouring part of a serpent; between them, a plant. Plate XII. Ht. 5-6 cm. Diam. 9-7 cm. Boocke Sale, 1856 (Lot 157) ; formerly in FejervaryColl. (Cat. 250). Mon. dell Inst. 1854, p. 90, No. 20 ; Monum. Plot, v. p. 219. Bottombroken or cut away. For the subject compare the Boscoreale cup [Monum. Plot, Fig. 22 = No. 71. pis. 11-12) ; Babelon, Trcsor de Bevthouville, pi. 22 ; a vase from Hadrians villa in theMuseo delleTerme at Rome (Helbig-Reisch, Ffihrer^, ii. No. 1324); Wiegand, Priene, p. 418 ;the Ateius vase at Mainz (Proc. Camb. Antiq. Soc. No. 48 (1907), pi. 5, p. 112) ; Dechelette,Vases de la Gaiile romaine, i. p. 235, and ii. p. 146, Nos. 989, 990. Probably dates fromthe first half of the first century after Christ. 73. Trulla. Shallow bowl, the interior ornamented with curved flutings ; in the centreis a medallion with a group of the Three Graces, of the usual type (as No. 132),nude, with arms round each others necks ; details indistinct. Handle with trilobetermination (as No. 135), prolonged on either side at base along the rim of the bowl C 18 CATALOGUE OF SILVER PLATE. in the form of a swans head, behind which on each side is a dog with face to thefront, seizing a hare by its hind-qiiarter
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