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 3) (London, 1904)

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CATALOGUE OF SGULPTUEE.

Italian marble. Height, 1 foot If inches. Restored : tip of nose,
lower part of left ear. Purchased in 1772 of Albacini, a Roman
sculptor. Mus. Marbles, XL, pi. 30; Ellis, Town. Gall., II..
p. 62 ; Grccco-Roman Guide, I., No 80; Mansell, No. 1300.

1932. Bust of a laughing; child. The head is inclined towards
the right shoulder, and the lips are parted so as to show
the teeth, and the eyes are wide open. The hair is
knotted above the head, with two loose curls on the
forehead, and ringlets falling over the ears. The
(modern) bust is draped with a tunic, leaving the left
shoulder and breast bare.— Temple Bequest.

Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 5 inches. Restored : bust. Mansell
No. 1259.

1933. Portrait bust of a young boy, with fat cheeks, looking
slightly downwards and to his right. He has curling
hair. The work is coarse and unattractive.

Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 3J inches. Restored : nose, lips, ears,
bust. A piece attached on the forehead is now missing. Grceco-
Roman Guide, II., No. 173.

1934. (Plate VI.) Head of a young boy, smiling. Compare
the head of Eros, from Paphos, No. 1679. The nose is
injured. Greek work.— Temple Bequest.

Fine-grained Greek marble. Height, 6^ inches. Restored: part of
neck. Gi-ceco-Roman Guide, I., No. 81; Mansell, No. 1325.

1935. (Plate VI.) Bust of a boy of about five years old.
The hair is short, and in part expressed by incisions.
Two long curls, however, fall over the right ear. The
pupils of the eyes are marked. The long curls have been
compared with the lock of Horus (Harpocrates), but the
position on the head is so different that it is improbable
that any analogy was intended by the artist.— Towneleij
Coll