Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

head is worked below, as if intended for a statue.—
Towneley Coll.

Greek marble. Height, 11 inches. Ellis, Town. Gall., EL, p. 61;
Grceco-Roman Guide, L, No. 170.

1800. Female head, perhaps Aphrodite. The head, which is
of more than life-size, is thrust somewhat forwards with
the lips slightly parted. The hair is parted over the
forehead, and brought in waving tresses over each ear to
the back, where it is gathered in a mass. A broad taenia
over the hair shows traces of red paint.—Temple Bequest.

Fine-grained marble. Height, 1 foot 7 inches. Restored : the bust.
The face has been worked over to such an extent as to make the
authenticity of the head appear doubtful.

1801. Female head, bound with a broad band, tied at the
back of the head. The forehead is surrounded with a
row of conventional curls. Hellenistic period. (Compare
the head from Priene, No. 1151.)—Rhodes or Budrum.

Parian marble. Height, 3| inches. Bought, 1865.

1802. Female head, slightly inclined to its left, and upwards.
The hair is brought down over each ear. The back of the
head is left very rough.

Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 1^ inches.

1803. Veiled female head. The hair over the forehead, which
is brought down in waves to each ear, is surmounted by
a kind of stephane, which is tightly encircled by a fillet
fastened in a knot over the centre of the forehead; a
large veil falls down from the back of the head. The
nose is wanting, and the features are much defaced.
Broken off at the end of the neck.

Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 3J inches. Grccco-Homan Guide, II.,
No. 163.