Smith, Arthur H. [Editor]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 1) (London, 1892)

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hair is rendered by conventional undulations, parallel to
the band.—Athens (?). Elgin Coll.

Marble ; height, 8J inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pi. 40, fig. 4; Synopsis,
No. 251 (115); Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 119; cf. Welcker,
Alte Denkmaeler, I., p. 399.

151. Cast of a torso of a standing female figure, wearing a
chiton of fine texture, and a mantle. The chiton is drawn
over the girdle, and has a short diploidion. The mantle
is worn over the shoulders. The hair falls in three
tresses in front of each shoulder, and in overlapping
layers, down the back. The head, forearms and legs from
the knees are wanting. The original, of marble, is at
Athens.

Height, 1 foot 6 inches. Le Bas, Monuments Figures, pi. 2, fig. 2 ;
Sybel, No. 5007 ; Wolters, No. 112. Further literature is cited
by Wolters.

152. Torso of a standing female figure wearing an under-
chiton of fine texture, and an over-chiton with diploidion
which is worn so as to leave the left shoulder bare. The
figure appears to have held a vessel in her lap, with both
hands. The hair falls down the back, the locks ter-
minating below the shoulders. The head and arms are
wanting.—Athens (?). Elgin Coll.

Marble ; height, 2 feet 10 inches. Clarac, V., pi. 82U, fig. 2069 B, C.

153. Torso of a standing female figure, wearing an under-
chiton of fine texture, and an over-chiton with diploidion
which is worn so as to leave the left shoulder bare. The
figure held a bowl in the right hand, and a fold of the
skirt in the left hand. Broken off below the knees. The
head, left arm and left hand are wanting. This figure
appears to be of archaistic rather than of archaic work-
manship, that is, the artist has consciously imitated the