Above the design is a moulding with conventionalised dart and lotus pattern. The friezes are divided by a band composed of pairs of maeanders separated by red cross squares and a band of the same pattern below a and b occupy the obverse and reverse of the upper frieze, and have nothing between them at either end c is below a and d below b between c and d at each end is a double palmette, forming an ornament behind the handles. The design forms two friezes around the body: on (a) above, the creation of Pandora, below, a chorus of Pans on (b) above, a chorus of women, below, a family of satyrs playing ball.
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