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Title: The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896 Wood, J. E Davies, Benjamin Rees
Subjects: Classical antiquities Archaeology
Publisher: London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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AyaX/,tarw;^, iyKavarai, yjivawTai koX Bafeig.—PluTARCH, de Glor. Athen. 252 POLYCHROxMY OF SCULPTURE. sculpture at Tlos, representing Bellerophon mounted on Pegasus,shows how colour was employed to complete the work of thesculptor. The body of the horse is quite smooth to the touch,but a bright red saddle-cloth, with strong black outline, isclearly visible, and has been accurately copied on the cast inthe Museum.
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The couch draperies of the sculptures from a rock-tomb atMyra display patterns and figures of animals in colour only,without the slightest indication on the part of the sculptor:copies of these are also to be seen in the Lycian room of theBritish Museum. Professor Midler expressed the greatest interest in the disco-veries then recently made by Mr. Fellows in Lycia, and moreparticularly upon seeing the copies of the painted sculptures atMyra. Very curious observations have since been elicitedreo-ardino- other sculptures from Lycia; such as traces of bor-dering upon the garments of some of the most ancient statues;the remains of a bright blue background to the reliefs on theHarpy Tomb—traces of red in the hollow of the shields and

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