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There are 28 objects for which Decoration contains → pillar
2007.10.2.149 Bearded male seated figure in front of a pillar, half naked, learning towards a young male figure emerging from a vase.
2007.10.2.269 A female standing holding a lyre, behind her is a small statue raised on a pillar.
2007.10.2.290 A man, possibly a soldier, with a shield and a helmet on, he is standing next to what appears to be a pillar with a snake coiled around it, at the foot of the pillar is a lamb and perched on top of the pillar is a bird.
2007.9.2.31 Displays a woman, her back to us and her head looking right, standing next to a small pillar and holding a lyre in her left hand. (Box Index = A Muse).
2008.2.1.54 Robed woman standing next to a pillar. Her right hand is resting on the pillar and is holding two long, straight objects connected near the top, possibly a scroll.
2009.10.2.117 Artemis pictured standing next to a pillar. Very small inscription. Number 49.
2009.10.2.145 Figure of Hermes leaning on pillar, holding cloth in right hand and a caduceuse in his left. Number 17.
2009.10.2.213 Figure of Aphrodite leaning on a pillar looking round from behind. Number 3
2009.10.2.227 Nude female figure (? Artemis) leaning on a pillar and holding a bow in her left hand and an arrow in her right hand. Number 17
2009.10.2.230 Semi-nude female figure with drapery around her waist leaning on a pillar holding an object in her right hand Number 20
2009.10.2.243 Standing female figure leaning on a pillar, atop of which is a herm, holding a torch in her right hand. Accompanied by a butterfly and a winged Eros Number 33
2009.10.2.245 Nude Aphrodite leaning on a pillar and holding a small object in her right hand, accompanied by a winged Eros carrying a torch and offering a wreath to Aphrodite. Number 35
2009.10.2.246 Nude Aphrodite reclining against a pillar with drapery, accompanied by winged Eros. Pillar with objects ontop and a bow and quiver leaning against it. Number 36
2009.10.2.248 (?) Gateway or building with two pillars either side and a larger central pillar. A crescent moon and star above the central point and a bird on either side above the paired pillars. Number 38
2009.10.2.253 Nude three graces standing holding small objects in their hands, with a vase of water on the left and a pillar with a jug pouring out water on the right Number 43
2009.10.2.261 Nude male standing holding a spear in his left hand, leaning against a pillar and accompanied by a dog Number 51
2009.10.2.263 Nude male figure leaning against a pillar holding a spear in his left hand and accompanied by a dog. Inscription down the left hand side Number 53
2009.10.2.272 Standing nude male figure wearing a cloak and helmet, holding a spear. Male has his arm around a semi-nude female who has one foot resting on a pillar, with a second pillar on the right. Number 62
2009.10.2.274 Nude male figure on the right with drapery (? and a spear) on the right, passing a spherical object with a nude (?) female figure on the left, with a pillar on the far left. A small child is stood between them holding a bow. Number 64
2009.10.2.368 Male figure wearing a cloak and helmet, standing near a pillar with a bird on top. There is also a snake wrapped around the pillar and a dog at his feet. There is a Latin inscription 'POTITI' number 24
2009.10.2.369 Male figure wearing a cloak and helmet, holding a bow and arrow. He stands near a pillar with a bird on it and a snake wrapped around it. A dog stands at his feet and there is a star above his head. Number 25
2009.10.2.370 Male figure wearing a cloak and helmet, holding a bow and arrow. He is standing near a pillar with a bird on top and a snake wrapped around it. A also dog stands at his feet. Number 26
2009.10.2.371 Male figure wearing a cloak and a helmet, holding a bow and arrow, standing near a pillar with a snake wrapped around it. number 27
2009.10.2.378 Nude male wearing a cloak and helmet, standing near a pillar with a small sphinx onto of it. Possibly Oedipus solving the riddle of the Spinx (?). Number 34
2009.10.2.380 Standing nude male figure wearing a helmet and a shield on his right arm, holding the hair of a fallen nude male figure. There is a shield, spear and helmet on the right-hand side, and a pillar topped with an (animal?) figure behind the two males. Number 36
2009.10.2.410 Central male figure wearing a helmet reaching down towards a vase on the floor, with a male figure on the left, an armoured male holding a shield on the right and a pillar with a vase atop behind the central figure. Number 66
35.5.34 Inside, reserved line around the rim; in a medallion framed by a key pattern broken by a chequered square, a male in himation leaning on a stick in conversation with an athlete (legs only). Outside, between palmettes an athlete with his arm resting on a pillar over which his cloak falls; on his right a man with a stick, on his left another male (face missing). Relief contour for pillar, walking sticks, and back of neck of all the figures. Hair contour reserved. Added colour, probably red, for fillet of bearded man, white for garland of the clothed figure in the medallion.
51.7.5 Interior reserved; black glaze on mouth and upper half of neck, as well as upper half of handle; lower part of neck decorated with tongues that suggest ribbing; shoulder decorated (except under handle) with an egg-and-dot frieze between two black lines; reserved space at lower part of handle and handle attachment (interior) suggest that the mouth and neck were dipped. Body decorated with a frieze consisting of 7 clusters of three white dots at the top of a figural scene (arranged in upside down triangle shapes): a female figure, standing in 3/4-view to the left, in a relaxed posture with her left leg crossing her right, and her left elbow resting on a pillar (the curvy element in added white suggests that this is meant to represent natural rock). She wears a hairband and kekrphylon on her head, triple-dot earrings, two or three necklaces (two strands of white beads beneath a black line), two white bracelets on each wrist; a belted sleeveless chiton, and white slippers. She holds, in her upraised right hand, a mirror surrounded by white dots, and, in her left hand, a phiale that is surrounded by white beads, as well as a beaded sash. A large palmette, with a white dot on the heart and white dots on each volute, fills the space beneath the handle. From each volute emerges tendrils and floral decoration that frame the image of the woman. A 6-petal rosette fills the space to the right of the woman; to her left are a window and a dotted circle (cog-wheel?) in the upper left field, and an olive branch in the lower left field. On the body, beneath the figural scene, are a single reserved band and a thicker black band. The foot is reserved on the top element, and glazed black on the ridge and lower element; the underside and resting surface are reserved.
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