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astragali, knuckle-bones. The right arm of the figure on the
left is restored. This group is remarkable for the beauty
of the composition. The subject is one which not unfre-
quently occurs in ancient art. In the Museum at Naples
is a monochrome drawing on marble, by an Athenian
artist, in which two of the daughters of Niobe are repre-
sented playing with astragali, and there are extant several
figures in marble, which are all probably copies from some
celebrated original. Among existing terracotta figures be-
longing to similar groups may be mentioned one from
Cyrene, Wall Case 50, ante, p. 28, No. 218; one in the
Gazette Arch. ii. pi. 8 ; and another in Schone, Griechische
Eeliefs, pi. 37, No. 144. The group here described is en-
graved in the Gazette Archeologique, ii. p. 97, and by
Heydemann, Winckelmannsprogramm (Halle), 1877, pi. 2,
fig. 1. See also a terracotta figure from Tanagra, Heuzey,
Monuments Grecs (Association des Etudes Grecques), 1876,
No. 5, pi. 2, fig. 3. Capua. Castellani.
ON CASE F.
A case of select terracottas containing the following :—
(1-9) Nine draped female figures from the Cyrenaica, of
which two probably represent the Muse Polyhymnia. Traces
of colour appear on the drapery of several of these figures.
(10—18) Nine draped female figures from Southern Italy.
among which are three winged Victories ; the lower half
of the body enveloped in a mantle.
ON CASE L
A case of select terracottas containing the following: —
(1) A nude figure of Aphrodite crouching, and holding
in her right hand an alabastos, from which she is about to
anoint herself with oil.
(2, 3) Two female figures draped to the feet and dancing.
Cyrenaica.
(4) A female figure seated on a rock, on which her left
hand rests. Her body is enveloped in an ample mantle,
which covers the back of her head and both hands. Muvo.
Bequeathed by Sir Wm. Temple.
(5) A group of two draped female figures, one of whom
is playing on a tympanon, and seems moving to the right.
Her companion, who wears a mantle passing across her
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astragali, knuckle-bones. The right arm of the figure on the
left is restored. This group is remarkable for the beauty
of the composition. The subject is one which not unfre-
quently occurs in ancient art. In the Museum at Naples
is a monochrome drawing on marble, by an Athenian
artist, in which two of the daughters of Niobe are repre-
sented playing with astragali, and there are extant several
figures in marble, which are all probably copies from some
celebrated original. Among existing terracotta figures be-
longing to similar groups may be mentioned one from
Cyrene, Wall Case 50, ante, p. 28, No. 218; one in the
Gazette Arch. ii. pi. 8 ; and another in Schone, Griechische
Eeliefs, pi. 37, No. 144. The group here described is en-
graved in the Gazette Archeologique, ii. p. 97, and by
Heydemann, Winckelmannsprogramm (Halle), 1877, pi. 2,
fig. 1. See also a terracotta figure from Tanagra, Heuzey,
Monuments Grecs (Association des Etudes Grecques), 1876,
No. 5, pi. 2, fig. 3. Capua. Castellani.
ON CASE F.
A case of select terracottas containing the following :—
(1-9) Nine draped female figures from the Cyrenaica, of
which two probably represent the Muse Polyhymnia. Traces
of colour appear on the drapery of several of these figures.
(10—18) Nine draped female figures from Southern Italy.
among which are three winged Victories ; the lower half
of the body enveloped in a mantle.
ON CASE L
A case of select terracottas containing the following: —
(1) A nude figure of Aphrodite crouching, and holding
in her right hand an alabastos, from which she is about to
anoint herself with oil.
(2, 3) Two female figures draped to the feet and dancing.
Cyrenaica.
(4) A female figure seated on a rock, on which her left
hand rests. Her body is enveloped in an ample mantle,
which covers the back of her head and both hands. Muvo.
Bequeathed by Sir Wm. Temple.
(5) A group of two draped female figures, one of whom
is playing on a tympanon, and seems moving to the right.
Her companion, who wears a mantle passing across her
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