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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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. 3f in. 1669. Grotesque male figure, very diminutive, in the form of a knuckle-bone ;he squats on his haunches, with hands raised ; he is bearded, and wears a skull-cap and a fillet knotted on the forehead. Ht. 1 j in. From Egypt. Presented by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Esq., 1891. Corroded. 1670. Grotesque figure, similar, but beardless ; no cap or fillet.Ht. 1 in. Hamilton Coll. 179. 1671. Head of grotesque figure. He looks upwards ; he has large ears andreceding forehead, and is bald except for one thick lock of hair. Ht. I in. 1672. Grotesque bust. The figure has a hooked nose, large ears, receding fore-head, sunken eyes and pointed chin ; the top of the head is flat. Ht. 11 in. 1673. Grotesque figure, seated. He has protruding eyes and puffed-out cheeks,and his legs are crossed ; he is nude and beardless, and wears a cap ; in bothhands he holds a. pinna or conch-shell, which he is blowing. Ht. 3 in. 1868. Very rude style ; good patina. The seat is lost. MISCELLANEOUS STATUETTES. 269
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1674. Upper part of Diver. He has Ethiopian or negro features, and his hair isthick and woolly ; his hands are extended, clasping a pinna, which he has justbrought up. The head and neck are hollowed out ; at the back a flat piece isattached in which are two holes for rivets. Length 5^- in. Payne Knight Coll. 1675. Bust of Diver. A head of an Ethiopian or negro, with hair carefullyarranged, and arms holding out a pinna, which he has just brought up. Ht. if in. ; length 4 J in. 1676. Negro cleaning a boot. He kneels on r. knee,looking to his r., and holds up a boot in 1. hand, towhich he applies a sponge with the r.; he has woollyhair, in which is a fillet. Ht. 4 in. Hertz Coll., 1859 (Sale Cat. 587). Arch. Zeit.1843, p. 203. On the head is a support fur some object, inwhich a hole is pierced. 1677. Bust of Negro. He looks to his r.; he is clean-shaven, and wears a close-fitting conical cap ; roundthe arms are tied ornamented bands covered withstippling ; the eyes are inlaid with garnet

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