Fig. 123.
Fig. 124.
Foliated patterns on Castor Ware.
Two vessels with these hunting subjects are given in Figs. [108] and [110]; and other designs of this character, exhibiting stag and hare hunts, are shown on Figs. [103 to 109].
Gladiatorial combats are also frequent subjects for representation on the Castor vases. One of these is given on Fig. [111], which represents one side of the celebrated “Colchester vase;” Fig. [103] being the design of another of its sides. The next engraving (Fig. [112]) shows the chariot race in the Roman racecourse or stadium—the quadriga being well, although rudely, fashioned, and the position both of the horses and charioteer boldly conceived. Mythological subjects were also common. One of these, of the indented form, restored from fragments, is given in the accompanying engraving (Fig. [113]).
Fig. 125.
