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OBJECTS IN TABLE CASE A.
CARVINGS IN AMBER.
No. 1. Lion couching, to the right, the head half
turned to the front. The eyes are of blue vitreous paste.
The style is very Archaic. The mane is represented by
incised lines intersecting so as to form lozenges. The
sculpture is in relief on an oblong block of amber.
Length, 4j in.
Nos. 2-19 are from Canusium (Canosa), and loere formerly in
the collection of Prince San Giorgio Spinelli.
No. 2. Bearded Satyr, kneeling on his right knee. In
front of him is a vine with bunches of grapes; with his
left hand he grasps a vine branch; in his right, which is
drawn back, he holds a bunch of grapes and the end of a
wine-skin above his head; a mantle is twisted round
his body, passing over the left upper arm; between his
body and the vine a fluted amphora lying on its side. His
head is encircled with a fillet, his beard is long and pointed.
He has a horse's tail. At the foot of the vine is a bearded
snake springing forward. The whole is carved in relief on
a block of amber, round the sides and back of which the
sculpture is carried in places. Height, 4h in. by 4 in.
Micali, Storia d. Ant. Pop. Ital. (Firenze, 1832) iii. p. 221,
pi. cxviii. No. 2; Detken, Collection d'Ambres, pll. vii.
viii.
No. 3. Relief. Female figure driving a quadriga to the
left, and holding the reins in both hands ; her right hand
is raised, and holds an oval shield. This figure wears a
long conical cap thrown back, and a mantle passing over
the left shoulder; the horses have collars, and the nearest
has round the neck three bulla} hanging as an ornament.
Detken, pi. v.
On the opposite side of this piece of amber is a naked
female figure stooping forward with her right leg advanced,
and with both hands holding in by the bridle a Hippo-
camp moving to the right. Below is a conventional repre-
sentation of water. Length, 5 in. by 4J in. Detken,
pi. vi.
No. 4. Low relief. Upper half of draped female figure,
Athene (?), turned to the right, broken oil' at the waist; in
OBJECTS IN TABLE CASE A.
CARVINGS IN AMBER.
No. 1. Lion couching, to the right, the head half
turned to the front. The eyes are of blue vitreous paste.
The style is very Archaic. The mane is represented by
incised lines intersecting so as to form lozenges. The
sculpture is in relief on an oblong block of amber.
Length, 4j in.
Nos. 2-19 are from Canusium (Canosa), and loere formerly in
the collection of Prince San Giorgio Spinelli.
No. 2. Bearded Satyr, kneeling on his right knee. In
front of him is a vine with bunches of grapes; with his
left hand he grasps a vine branch; in his right, which is
drawn back, he holds a bunch of grapes and the end of a
wine-skin above his head; a mantle is twisted round
his body, passing over the left upper arm; between his
body and the vine a fluted amphora lying on its side. His
head is encircled with a fillet, his beard is long and pointed.
He has a horse's tail. At the foot of the vine is a bearded
snake springing forward. The whole is carved in relief on
a block of amber, round the sides and back of which the
sculpture is carried in places. Height, 4h in. by 4 in.
Micali, Storia d. Ant. Pop. Ital. (Firenze, 1832) iii. p. 221,
pi. cxviii. No. 2; Detken, Collection d'Ambres, pll. vii.
viii.
No. 3. Relief. Female figure driving a quadriga to the
left, and holding the reins in both hands ; her right hand
is raised, and holds an oval shield. This figure wears a
long conical cap thrown back, and a mantle passing over
the left shoulder; the horses have collars, and the nearest
has round the neck three bulla} hanging as an ornament.
Detken, pi. v.
On the opposite side of this piece of amber is a naked
female figure stooping forward with her right leg advanced,
and with both hands holding in by the bridle a Hippo-
camp moving to the right. Below is a conventional repre-
sentation of water. Length, 5 in. by 4J in. Detken,
pi. vi.
No. 4. Low relief. Upper half of draped female figure,
Athene (?), turned to the right, broken oil' at the waist; in