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Cesnola, Luigi Palma di [Hrsg.]
A descriptive atlas of the Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Band 2) — New York, 1894

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PLATE XXVIII, CONTINUED.

or brown. Traces of red color throughout. Feet very large. Arms closely pressed to the
body, and beneath the chiton.

229. Red terra cotta. Height, 6% inches. Found in a tomb near the last.
Fragment of Aphrodite, pregnant. Arms pendent ; head-dress a wide-ribbed fillet over

the forehead, the parts above it broken away, but a fringed short peplos depending at the sides as
far as the waist. Three necklaces ; the upper one, small beads ; the others with pendants and
a medallion.

230. Red terra cotta, exterior now grayish. Height, 8ya inches. Found in a tomb
near the last.

Draped Aphrodite, clad in a thin chiton that covers the body and pendent arms, but dis-
plays every part. Hair in bandeaux ; necklaces and medallion ; traces of bracelets on the wrists.
Surface too much defaced to permit certainty respecting all the details.

231. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 6% inches. Found in a tomb at
same locality as the preceding.

Upper half of an Aphrodite. Arms pendent; hair in bandeaux over the forehead, with
curls falling upon the shoulders in front; ear-rings with large, compound drops ; throat necklace,
wide band with brooch clasp ; another necklace, chain with pendant; the third, a chain supporting
short horizontal bar and medallion. Very large nose.

232. Red terra cotta. Height, 9% inches. Found in a tomb in the same locality as
No. 231.

Aphrodite ; draped in a thin chiton, which confines the pendent arms to the body, and
displays the whole figure, having a double hem at the bottom. Hair in bandeaux over the fore-
head. Traces of necklace, and of bracelets. Hair and features, and traces of decoration here
and there, in brown.
 
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