In 1958 the Metropolitan Museum received as a gift from Mr. Joseph V. Noble fragments of three large Early South Italian vases, which the donor had acquired from the collection of the late Dr. Jacob Hirsch. Two of these vases are already known,' and, thanks to the kindness of Dr. Dietrich von Bothmer, the Curator of the Department of Greek and Roman Art, it is now my privilege to offer this brief study of the third as a tribute to Gisela Richter. It consists of six joining fragments2 which give part of the design on the front of what must have been a large hydria, together with a portion of the palmettes below the handle to right. The scene, as preserved, is on two levels (plate 93, figs. 1-2), separated by rising ground represented by a wavy white line. Below are two women standing beside a laver--of the one to left only the front of the head remains, together with her extended right hand, in which she holds up a mirror; the other woman is complete as far as the knees and is putting on her dress after her bath, while she looks in the mirror to make the necessary adjustments. Her right arm, encircled by a snake-bracelet, is held out in a gesture to the mirror-holder; her left is enveloped in the chiton above her shoulder, as she prepares to drape the garment over her body, the upper part of which is still uncovered, exposing her right breast. Her hair is tied up in a sash (sphendone), with a bunch sticking out at the back, and arranged in waves over the brow. She wears a bead necklace with three drop-pendants and earrings, all in added white relief. Beside her stands Eros, holding a mirror in each hand; the small one in his right was originally in added white, which has now disappeared. Ac oss his body and over his right shoulder is a beaded bandolier; arou d his head was a white wreath, of which only faint traces now remain. Above, half-hidden by the rising ground, is a peeping Pan (pl. 93, fig. i), w ose left hand holds a syrinx (in added white and mostly gone) while his right is held up to his