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British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]
Græco-roman sculptures — London, 1874

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support on the right side are antique. The statue as
restored is supported on both sides—an error in the compo-
sition which an ancient artist would hardiy have committed.
A is thrown over the trunk of a tree which formed
the original support of this figure.
Ht. 7 ft. 2 in. Farnese Palace, Rome. Purchased in 1864. De
Triqueti, in Fine Arts Quarterly, III., p. 210. Caldesi, No. 14.
(133.) Statue of Ceres (Demeter), with the attributes
of Isis.-—The right hand and the end of the nose only
restored. This figure wears a cAhon, or tunic, with sleeves
reaching to the feet, over which is a mantle (pgp?os),
fastened on the right shoulder. On her head is a
ornamented with a disk placed between two serpents, the
symbol of Isis, and surmounted by ears of corn. In her left
hand she holds a or bucket, the usual attribute of
Isis, on which hangs a garland. The right hand, which is
restored, and evidently taken from some other statue,
holds ears of corn and some fruit, probably a poppy-head
and a date.
This figure was probably executed in the time of Hadrian,
when the types of Ceres and Isis were so blended as to
be with difhculty distinguished. These mixed types of
divinities multiplied in the second century A.D., and were
a result of the general pantheistic spirit of the age.
Marbles, X., pi. 19. Ellis, T. 1., p. 217. Harrison, No. 821.
y.
(134.) Heroic Figure, the legs restored from below the
knees downwards. The head has been rejoined, but is
antique. The forearms are wanting. A c7da??M/s hangs from
the left shoulder. In the countenance something of indi-
vidual likeness seems blended with an ideal type; it is,
therefore, possible that this statue may represent a king in
the character of some hero. The body is well modelled,
and the sculpture may be of the Macedonian period. The
 
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