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io4 THE TREASURY OF THE SIPHNIANS
shape, which we have recognized already in the Naxian
Sphinx (p. 98). Moreover, in the very large ears, executed
with great detail, there are reminiscences of that volute-like
stylization, which is known from individual archaic “ Apollo ”
figures.1 In the deep hollows of the ear-flap a metal orna-
ment was fastened. The nose is broken off, which is
specially to be regretted, as
the nostrils are finely and vigo-
rously modelled. The cheeks
and lips are of an attractive
fullness and sweetness. They
are to be viewed from the
front, for in profile the surface
of the cheek is too large and
ill-managed, and is spoiled by
the heaviness of the ear. But
in a front view the head is
effective, with the grandness
and luxuriance of early Ionic
style, and was still more so
when the shoulder locks, now
broken off, enclosed it. The
smile starts from the corners
of the mouth over the sur-
face of the cheeks and is
brought to a close by the
slightly oblique eyes. Both
the undulating locks over the
forehead, and especially the
masses of hair on the neck,
divide into silky flowing lines,
which even now, when the
brilliance of colour has faded, it is a joy to observe (fig. 32).
Once all the pin-holes in the diadem over the forehead
and in the hair underneath were filled with glittering metal
ornaments. Each of these women carries on her head
a polos as support for the architecture. This is bounded
above and below by a roll (torus), the last adorned with
the Lesbian cymation. On the back of the polos are pre-
1 Deonna, Les Apollons archaiques, 97.
Fig. 31.—Head of Caryatid from the
Treasury of the Siphnians.
shape, which we have recognized already in the Naxian
Sphinx (p. 98). Moreover, in the very large ears, executed
with great detail, there are reminiscences of that volute-like
stylization, which is known from individual archaic “ Apollo ”
figures.1 In the deep hollows of the ear-flap a metal orna-
ment was fastened. The nose is broken off, which is
specially to be regretted, as
the nostrils are finely and vigo-
rously modelled. The cheeks
and lips are of an attractive
fullness and sweetness. They
are to be viewed from the
front, for in profile the surface
of the cheek is too large and
ill-managed, and is spoiled by
the heaviness of the ear. But
in a front view the head is
effective, with the grandness
and luxuriance of early Ionic
style, and was still more so
when the shoulder locks, now
broken off, enclosed it. The
smile starts from the corners
of the mouth over the sur-
face of the cheeks and is
brought to a close by the
slightly oblique eyes. Both
the undulating locks over the
forehead, and especially the
masses of hair on the neck,
divide into silky flowing lines,
which even now, when the
brilliance of colour has faded, it is a joy to observe (fig. 32).
Once all the pin-holes in the diadem over the forehead
and in the hair underneath were filled with glittering metal
ornaments. Each of these women carries on her head
a polos as support for the architecture. This is bounded
above and below by a roll (torus), the last adorned with
the Lesbian cymation. On the back of the polos are pre-
1 Deonna, Les Apollons archaiques, 97.
Fig. 31.—Head of Caryatid from the
Treasury of the Siphnians.