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No. 14. Mask ; full face; hair waved over forehead, ami
confine 1 under a cap at the back of the head ; eyes large.
Height, 21 in. by 1^- in. Detken, pi. ii.
No. 15. Female head in profile; eye very largo; hair
confined under cap. Height, If in. Detken, pi. ii.
k No. 16. Part of female bead in profile to the left; eye
very large; hair waved over forehead, and confined
under a cap; the back of the head is not represented.
Height, 3 in. Detken, pi. ii.
No. 17. Fragment of horse's head; the right ear, right
eye, and part of mane are represented; the eye is very
large. Height, 2 in. Detken, pi. ii.
No. 18. Dolphin. Length, 3| in. Detken, pi. i. F.
No. 19. Pendant. Unknown object terminating in
head of dog at one end, and in an ornament re^embli'mr
the bead and reel of Greek architecture at the other end.
This ornament is pierced lengthways and transversely
for the suspension of the amber as an amulet. Length,
2f in.
No. 20. Group of male and female figures, probably
representing the transformation of Thetis at the moment
when she was seized by Peleus. On the right is a naked
male figure, bearded, who kneels on his left knee; his
right hand, raised above his head, grasps the back of the
head of a draped female figure on the left, who looks
towards him. She appears to be lifted from the ground,
resting her rmht foot against the risht leg of the male
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figure; her left foot is drawn back towards her right
thigh ; her right hand is placed upon her left knee; her
hair is encircled by a narrow band, and falls in a thick
mass on the shoulders, being represented by parallel
straight lines; she is enveloped in an ample mantle, -which
conceals both arms; her body is draped to the feet.
Between this figure and the male figure is the head of a
doe (?), ears bent back, the neck bending round towards
the male figure. At the back of the group is a large
bearded snake coiled round; at the base the amber ter-
minates in a dolphin. The action of the two figures in
this group and the association of the snake and the
dolphin make it probable that the subject represents the
transformation of Thetis ; the doe's head, however, does
not occur in other extant monuments representing this
scene. This amber is remarkable for its size, as well as
No. 14. Mask ; full face; hair waved over forehead, ami
confine 1 under a cap at the back of the head ; eyes large.
Height, 21 in. by 1^- in. Detken, pi. ii.
No. 15. Female head in profile; eye very largo; hair
confined under cap. Height, If in. Detken, pi. ii.
k No. 16. Part of female bead in profile to the left; eye
very large; hair waved over forehead, and confined
under a cap; the back of the head is not represented.
Height, 3 in. Detken, pi. ii.
No. 17. Fragment of horse's head; the right ear, right
eye, and part of mane are represented; the eye is very
large. Height, 2 in. Detken, pi. ii.
No. 18. Dolphin. Length, 3| in. Detken, pi. i. F.
No. 19. Pendant. Unknown object terminating in
head of dog at one end, and in an ornament re^embli'mr
the bead and reel of Greek architecture at the other end.
This ornament is pierced lengthways and transversely
for the suspension of the amber as an amulet. Length,
2f in.
No. 20. Group of male and female figures, probably
representing the transformation of Thetis at the moment
when she was seized by Peleus. On the right is a naked
male figure, bearded, who kneels on his left knee; his
right hand, raised above his head, grasps the back of the
head of a draped female figure on the left, who looks
towards him. She appears to be lifted from the ground,
resting her rmht foot against the risht leg of the male
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figure; her left foot is drawn back towards her right
thigh ; her right hand is placed upon her left knee; her
hair is encircled by a narrow band, and falls in a thick
mass on the shoulders, being represented by parallel
straight lines; she is enveloped in an ample mantle, -which
conceals both arms; her body is draped to the feet.
Between this figure and the male figure is the head of a
doe (?), ears bent back, the neck bending round towards
the male figure. At the back of the group is a large
bearded snake coiled round; at the base the amber ter-
minates in a dolphin. The action of the two figures in
this group and the association of the snake and the
dolphin make it probable that the subject represents the
transformation of Thetis ; the doe's head, however, does
not occur in other extant monuments representing this
scene. This amber is remarkable for its size, as well as