| 29.5.7
|
Plaster cast of the Boston throne was found shortly after the Ludovisi throne was discovered and sold at auction, it is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The original and the cast are of a three-sided relief, the central scene seems to show the love god Eros, presiding at a psychostasia or weighing of souls.
|
|
| 33.4.3
|
The mouth, neck, and handle are black, with some reddish patches. There are two reddish brown lines above the shoulder carination and two below it. The body scene depicts a naked youth in profile to the right, offering a bird (duck?) to Charon (the ferryman who conducts souls to Hades). The latter, standing on his half-moon shaped boat, wearing reddish-brown clothing and a dotted ovaloid headdress, is accepting the offer. Below, there is a reddish brown line on a reserved (but glazed) area. The rest of the vessel is black, with the exception of a red line on the upper part of the foot and its reserved (but glazed) vertical element.
|
|