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Psyche, is white glaze ; on his right leg is a buskin, endromis,
coloured blue, with red about the toe. His hair has been
coloured red, and there are traces of red on the diplo'idion
of Psyche. Height, lOf in. Girgenti (Agrigentwrn). F. L.
(43) Head of Chthonian goddess, veiled, and wearing a
kalathos, which is ornamented with a row of rosettes, per-
haps pomegranate flowers. Broken on0 at the shoulders
from a seated figure, probably of Persephone. Height,
3j in. Syracuse. G. D.
(44) Female head. The hair drawn back from the face,
and gathered into a high top-knot, Jcrobylos. Broken off
at the neck. Height, 2^ in. Syracuse. G. D.
(45) Relief, cut in outline like an emblema. Muse,
headless, playing on lyre; her mantle leaves the right
arm and side bare. Behind her a pilaster. Height, 2£ in.
Syracuse. G. D.
(46) Mask of Medusa (?). Pound the base of the neck
and sides of the head a border of pointed leaves radiates
in the form of a crescent; within this crescent are two
snakes loosely knotted round the neck. The hair falls in
dishevelled masses on each side of the head ; on the leaves
remains of pink and green glaze, and of white glaze on the
face. Pierced at the top for suspension. Diam. 6-| in.
(47) Another, similar, but larger; the base of the neck
and the border broken away on the left side of the head.
On the face and neck a white glaze, with a pink tinge on
the lips and eyes. Diam. 8 in.
(48) Another, similar ; the border of leaves and hair
broken away on the left side of the face. On the face and
leaves white glaze ; in the hair are two small wings, as in
the heads of Medusa, with purple glaze ; the eyebrows and
eyelids have been picked out in yellow. Diam. 6f in.
Millingen, in Ancient Unedited Monuments, pt. ii. pi. 19,
fig. 2, publishes one of these masks as Medusa.
(49) Bust of Eros, surrounded by a border of leaves.
The figure is shown as low as the waist; he wears a chiton,
over which is a mantle covering both shoulders and both
arms. The right hand of Eros draws down the upper edge
of this mantle nearly in the centre of the breast; in his
left is a butterfly, the symbol of Psyche, the greater part,
if not the whole, of which is modern; the restoration,
however, is probably correct. Both garments have been
coloured purple. Inside the pinions of both wings, and
coloured blue, with red about the toe. His hair has been
coloured red, and there are traces of red on the diplo'idion
of Psyche. Height, lOf in. Girgenti (Agrigentwrn). F. L.
(43) Head of Chthonian goddess, veiled, and wearing a
kalathos, which is ornamented with a row of rosettes, per-
haps pomegranate flowers. Broken on0 at the shoulders
from a seated figure, probably of Persephone. Height,
3j in. Syracuse. G. D.
(44) Female head. The hair drawn back from the face,
and gathered into a high top-knot, Jcrobylos. Broken off
at the neck. Height, 2^ in. Syracuse. G. D.
(45) Relief, cut in outline like an emblema. Muse,
headless, playing on lyre; her mantle leaves the right
arm and side bare. Behind her a pilaster. Height, 2£ in.
Syracuse. G. D.
(46) Mask of Medusa (?). Pound the base of the neck
and sides of the head a border of pointed leaves radiates
in the form of a crescent; within this crescent are two
snakes loosely knotted round the neck. The hair falls in
dishevelled masses on each side of the head ; on the leaves
remains of pink and green glaze, and of white glaze on the
face. Pierced at the top for suspension. Diam. 6-| in.
(47) Another, similar, but larger; the base of the neck
and the border broken away on the left side of the head.
On the face and neck a white glaze, with a pink tinge on
the lips and eyes. Diam. 8 in.
(48) Another, similar ; the border of leaves and hair
broken away on the left side of the face. On the face and
leaves white glaze ; in the hair are two small wings, as in
the heads of Medusa, with purple glaze ; the eyebrows and
eyelids have been picked out in yellow. Diam. 6f in.
Millingen, in Ancient Unedited Monuments, pt. ii. pi. 19,
fig. 2, publishes one of these masks as Medusa.
(49) Bust of Eros, surrounded by a border of leaves.
The figure is shown as low as the waist; he wears a chiton,
over which is a mantle covering both shoulders and both
arms. The right hand of Eros draws down the upper edge
of this mantle nearly in the centre of the breast; in his
left is a butterfly, the symbol of Psyche, the greater part,
if not the whole, of which is modern; the restoration,
however, is probably correct. Both garments have been
coloured purple. Inside the pinions of both wings, and