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lower limbs is indicated by a vertical groove. Height,
9$ in.
(7) Naked female figure similar to those previously
described ; headless. The arms are crossed over the body
below the breasts; the legs are sculptured free from the
knee to the ankle ; the pelvis is not indicated by a triangle,
but by a groove sloping downward from each hip and con-
verging in the centre of the body; the shoulders are sloping
and narrower, and the hips wider than in the previously
described figures. Some slight attempt at modelling is
shown in the treatment of the breasts; the fingers and
toes are rudely indicated; the buttocks are marked by two
grooves meeting the groove of the spine at right angles.
Height, 1 ft. 3| in.
(8) Naked female figure similar to that last described;
the left leg is broken off below the knee. The pelvis is
indicated, as in the last figure, by two grooves converging
from the hips: an incised line round the base of the neck
is intersected by the vertical line which marks the spine;
the separation of the arms from the body at the back is
indicated by vertical grooves; horizontal grooves mark
the joints at the buttocks and knees ; there are traces of
red colour in the grooves at the back ; the shoulders slope,
and are narrow. Height, 9^ in.
(9) Similar naked female figure; both feet and the
right leg from the knee downwards are wanting. The
pelvis is indicated by deep grooves converging from the
hips to the centre of the body ; a very deep groove, widen-
ing towards the knees at the front and back, marks the
inner outline of the thighs; the hips are wide. Height,
Si in. Syra (Syros). T. B.
(10) Naked male figure, similar to the female figures
previously described. The mouth and chin with a pointed
beard are rudely indicated; the arms are crossed; below
the navel is a square raised in relief between the hips,
within which is a smaller square in relief in the centre of
the pelvis; the thighs, which are separate, are broken off
below the hips ; the buttocks are indicated by a slight
projection. Height, 7 in. Greece. Bequeathed by Percy
Clinton, Viscount Strangford.
(11) Head of a similar figure, broken off at the neck.
Height, 2f in.
lower limbs is indicated by a vertical groove. Height,
9$ in.
(7) Naked female figure similar to those previously
described ; headless. The arms are crossed over the body
below the breasts; the legs are sculptured free from the
knee to the ankle ; the pelvis is not indicated by a triangle,
but by a groove sloping downward from each hip and con-
verging in the centre of the body; the shoulders are sloping
and narrower, and the hips wider than in the previously
described figures. Some slight attempt at modelling is
shown in the treatment of the breasts; the fingers and
toes are rudely indicated; the buttocks are marked by two
grooves meeting the groove of the spine at right angles.
Height, 1 ft. 3| in.
(8) Naked female figure similar to that last described;
the left leg is broken off below the knee. The pelvis is
indicated, as in the last figure, by two grooves converging
from the hips: an incised line round the base of the neck
is intersected by the vertical line which marks the spine;
the separation of the arms from the body at the back is
indicated by vertical grooves; horizontal grooves mark
the joints at the buttocks and knees ; there are traces of
red colour in the grooves at the back ; the shoulders slope,
and are narrow. Height, 9^ in.
(9) Similar naked female figure; both feet and the
right leg from the knee downwards are wanting. The
pelvis is indicated by deep grooves converging from the
hips to the centre of the body ; a very deep groove, widen-
ing towards the knees at the front and back, marks the
inner outline of the thighs; the hips are wide. Height,
Si in. Syra (Syros). T. B.
(10) Naked male figure, similar to the female figures
previously described. The mouth and chin with a pointed
beard are rudely indicated; the arms are crossed; below
the navel is a square raised in relief between the hips,
within which is a smaller square in relief in the centre of
the pelvis; the thighs, which are separate, are broken off
below the hips ; the buttocks are indicated by a slight
projection. Height, 7 in. Greece. Bequeathed by Percy
Clinton, Viscount Strangford.
(11) Head of a similar figure, broken off at the neck.
Height, 2f in.