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Title: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944
Subjects: Bronzes -- Catalogs Art, Ancient
Publisher: London, Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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th a partially-swallowed snake (?) withtail coiled up ; a lion to r. with a human leg inits mouth * ; a Gryphon as before to r., with headraised ; and a lion to r. with a human leg in itsmouth. From Etruria. Castellani, 1865. See Mus. Ital. diAnt. Class, ii. p. 107, and Perrot and Chipiez, Hist,de PArt, iii. p. 873. The work is possibly Greek ; theanimals may be compared with those on the lower partof the Polledrara bust (No. 434). 601. Tablet with incised designs. Above, two nude men conversing, one bearded ; below, a similarpair of figures. In the lower group the figure onthe 1. holds out a wreath and the other holds upsome object in r. hand ; both have long hair withfillets. Length 7j in. ; width 3! in. Found in the Tiber,1887. Murray, Handbook of Gk. Archaeology, p. 124.Parts broken away. Vertical borders of egg-pattern andhorizontal borders of hatched lines. For the style, comparethe mirrors 541, 543, 544, and for similar designs, Olympia,xv. pi. 39, figs. 699-703 (Furtwaengler).
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Fig. 15 = No. 601. III. PERIOD OF FINEST ETRUSCAN ART (602-669).A. STATUETTES (602-616). 602. Demeter. She is seated in a rustic car, the body of which is formed of a Plate XII.square framework of poles with two cross-bars, attached to which is a long solid pole with curved cross yoke. Her hair is rolled up all round her head, and shewears a long woollen chiton, himation with border of dots over her arms, andshoes ; she is seated on a doubled-up cushion, with hands by her side and feetresting on the pole. The wheels of the car are in the form of a rose of five petals. Ht. 4 in. ; length 8\ in. From Amelia in Etruria. Castellani, 1865. Mansell,Brit. Mtis. Photographs, No. 802. The bronze is in very fine condition, with beautiful patina.The car had probably been drawn by animals attached to the yoke. 603. Ares, from a candelabrum. He stands with 1. foot slightly advanced, Plate XX.looking to his 1. ; his r. hand has brandished a spear, and in 1. he has held a shield (pchanon and porpax

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