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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
[Claudius (10 b.c-54 a.d.). For the head found in the
temple of Athene Polias, at Priene, see above, No. 1155.]
1887. Nero (37-68 a.d.). This bead is half turned to its left.
It is worked below to fit into a socket, and is probably
derived from a statue. The type is that which is seen on
the coins of Nero's later period, with short hair brushed
straight to the front, and terminating in short locks
which stand up high all round the forehead, full lips,
large cheeks and chin.—Toumehy Coll.
Fine Greek marble. Height. 1 foot 5 inches. Restored: tip of
nose. Brought from Athens in 1740 by Dr. Askew. Jliis.
Marbles, X., pi. 6; Ellis, Town. Gall., IL, p. 29; Mansell,
No. 846; Grccco-Roman Guide, I., No. 11 ; Wolters, No. 1650;
Bernoulli, Roem. Ikonographie, II., 1, p. 398, No. 33; S. Baring
Gould, Tragedy of the Caesars, II., pp. 246, 258.
1888. (Plate XV.) Head, identified as Otho (32-69 a.d.).
The face is square and clean-shaven, with the corners of
the mouth drawn back. The eyebrows are incised. The
hair, Avhich is only roughly blocked out, is in small curls,
more or less arranged in parallel rows. Both ears are
mutilated. The back of the head was a separate piece,
now wanting.
Portraits of Otho are very rare, and the present head
has little claim to the title. It is based on a supposed
resemblance between the hair of the bust and the formal
rows of curls shown on the coins, and accounted for by
the fact that Otho wore a wig to conceal his baldness.—
Alexandria ('?).
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 3J inches. Bought, 1872. Ob-
tained from Alexandria, but of uncertain origin. Grwco-Roman
Guide, I., No. 12; Mansell, No. 1175; Bernoulli, Roem. Ikono-
graphie, II., 2, p. 11; S. Baring Gould, Tragedy of the Caesars,
II., p. 183; Tilley, Class. Rev., VII., p. 57.
1889. (Plate XV.) Otho (?). Eight half of a male head, with
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
[Claudius (10 b.c-54 a.d.). For the head found in the
temple of Athene Polias, at Priene, see above, No. 1155.]
1887. Nero (37-68 a.d.). This bead is half turned to its left.
It is worked below to fit into a socket, and is probably
derived from a statue. The type is that which is seen on
the coins of Nero's later period, with short hair brushed
straight to the front, and terminating in short locks
which stand up high all round the forehead, full lips,
large cheeks and chin.—Toumehy Coll.
Fine Greek marble. Height. 1 foot 5 inches. Restored: tip of
nose. Brought from Athens in 1740 by Dr. Askew. Jliis.
Marbles, X., pi. 6; Ellis, Town. Gall., IL, p. 29; Mansell,
No. 846; Grccco-Roman Guide, I., No. 11 ; Wolters, No. 1650;
Bernoulli, Roem. Ikonographie, II., 1, p. 398, No. 33; S. Baring
Gould, Tragedy of the Caesars, II., pp. 246, 258.
1888. (Plate XV.) Head, identified as Otho (32-69 a.d.).
The face is square and clean-shaven, with the corners of
the mouth drawn back. The eyebrows are incised. The
hair, Avhich is only roughly blocked out, is in small curls,
more or less arranged in parallel rows. Both ears are
mutilated. The back of the head was a separate piece,
now wanting.
Portraits of Otho are very rare, and the present head
has little claim to the title. It is based on a supposed
resemblance between the hair of the bust and the formal
rows of curls shown on the coins, and accounted for by
the fact that Otho wore a wig to conceal his baldness.—
Alexandria ('?).
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 3J inches. Bought, 1872. Ob-
tained from Alexandria, but of uncertain origin. Grwco-Roman
Guide, I., No. 12; Mansell, No. 1175; Bernoulli, Roem. Ikono-
graphie, II., 2, p. 11; S. Baring Gould, Tragedy of the Caesars,
II., p. 183; Tilley, Class. Rev., VII., p. 57.
1889. (Plate XV.) Otho (?). Eight half of a male head, with