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Plate LXXII
651. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 9% inches. Found at Ormidia.
Rude figure of horse and rider, the horse of nearly the same description as Plate LXXI.,
No. 645, but with less slender head, and colored decoration still pretty fresh. The rider is joined
directly to the horse's back, with no indication of legs, and his hands clasp the mane on either
side ; bare head ; face upturned, nose and chin prominent; hair, beard, eyebrows, and eyes
indicated in brown ; shoulder-straps in brown ; belt in red. Horse, edge of mane red ; at its
root on either side runs a streak of brown, from shoulder to tip of forelock, and from this brown
stripe to the red one above mentioned, bands of four brown stripes each run across at intervals ;
headstall indicated with red and brown stripes ; eyes detailed in brown ; top of head brown ; nose
red ; on the throat, from headstall to a couple of brown stripes about the base of the neck, a brown
decoration, as if a fringed strap, the fringes pointing upward on each side ; front part of forelegs
colored red ; a very wide band or surface of brown down their sides ; flank and side of hind legs
decorated with stripes of brown, between which the spaces are red ; on the body two parallel
stripes from the fore and hind legs meet each other at an angle, which suggest a saddle-flap ;
tail red, and traces of red on the back. Upper part of neck (with the head) broken off, and reset.
652. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 4^ inches. Found at Ormidia.
Rude figure of man riding a donkey ; seated sidewise, right arm about the animal's neck
near the head, the other hand resting upon the neck at the shoulder. Man wearing close-fitting
cap, with rounded, doubled brim ; nose and chin prominent; eyes indicated in, and beard colored,
brown ; ears red ; brown stripes lengthwise and transverse on the arms ; lap and legs colored
red; but legs broken away just below the lap. Donkey with very large ears ; thick neck and
legs ; tail raised and turned to the left; ears, nose, and tail colored red ; traces of brown
decoration throughout, and of red on the haunches. Tip of right ear broken away.
653. Gray terra cotta. Height, 9% inches. Found at the temple of Apollo Hylates,
near Curium.
651. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 9% inches. Found at Ormidia.
Rude figure of horse and rider, the horse of nearly the same description as Plate LXXI.,
No. 645, but with less slender head, and colored decoration still pretty fresh. The rider is joined
directly to the horse's back, with no indication of legs, and his hands clasp the mane on either
side ; bare head ; face upturned, nose and chin prominent; hair, beard, eyebrows, and eyes
indicated in brown ; shoulder-straps in brown ; belt in red. Horse, edge of mane red ; at its
root on either side runs a streak of brown, from shoulder to tip of forelock, and from this brown
stripe to the red one above mentioned, bands of four brown stripes each run across at intervals ;
headstall indicated with red and brown stripes ; eyes detailed in brown ; top of head brown ; nose
red ; on the throat, from headstall to a couple of brown stripes about the base of the neck, a brown
decoration, as if a fringed strap, the fringes pointing upward on each side ; front part of forelegs
colored red ; a very wide band or surface of brown down their sides ; flank and side of hind legs
decorated with stripes of brown, between which the spaces are red ; on the body two parallel
stripes from the fore and hind legs meet each other at an angle, which suggest a saddle-flap ;
tail red, and traces of red on the back. Upper part of neck (with the head) broken off, and reset.
652. Red terra cotta, exterior now gray. Height, 4^ inches. Found at Ormidia.
Rude figure of man riding a donkey ; seated sidewise, right arm about the animal's neck
near the head, the other hand resting upon the neck at the shoulder. Man wearing close-fitting
cap, with rounded, doubled brim ; nose and chin prominent; eyes indicated in, and beard colored,
brown ; ears red ; brown stripes lengthwise and transverse on the arms ; lap and legs colored
red; but legs broken away just below the lap. Donkey with very large ears ; thick neck and
legs ; tail raised and turned to the left; ears, nose, and tail colored red ; traces of brown
decoration throughout, and of red on the haunches. Tip of right ear broken away.
653. Gray terra cotta. Height, 9% inches. Found at the temple of Apollo Hylates,
near Curium.