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)

LEGS OF TABLES.

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Marble. Height, 3 feet 5 inches. Restored : the lower part and
capital. Mus. Marbles, L, pi. 3 ; Ellis, Town. Gall., EL, p. 89 ;
Graco-Roman Guide, II., No. 14; Wolters, No. 2153.

2531. The upper part of the support of a tahle (Trapezo-
phoron), sculptured in the form of a lion's head with
goat's horns, behind which is a bracket. This head
issues from a sort of calyx composed of broad leaves
bending over. The addition of the goat's horns makes it
probable that the head is intended for that of a Lion-
Gryphon, a compound conception, somewhat different
from the true Gryphon, which has an eagle's head. 2nd
cent. a.d. (?).—Towneley Coll.

Marble. Height, 1 foot 7 inches. Restored: foliage, nose, left upper
lip, right ear, and nearly all the horns ; upper part of bracket.
Found in 1769 by Gavin Hamilton in the Pantanello, on
the site of Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. Mus. Marbles, I., pi. 13;
Ellis, Tovm. Gall., II., p. 91 ; Grceco-Roman Guide, II., No. 10 ;
Wolters, No. 2155. For the Lion-Gryphon, see Roscher,
Lexikon, I., p. 1775.

2532. Eectangular table-leg (or Trapezophoron). On each
side is a sunk panel with reliefs, namely on the front side
a floral and acanthus scroll, and on each of the other sides
a conventional plant.—Temple Bequest.

Marble. Height, 3 feet. Restored : capital and base.

2533. Portion of a square Trapezophoron. The ornament
consists of a band of rosettes and a band of a degraded
lotus pattern, separated by an astragalos moulding.

Italian marble. Height, 11J inches.

2534. Supporting bracket, in the form of a head of a young
Satyr, smiling, and wearing a wreath of ivy leaves and
berries. On the top is a dowel hole, with remains of a
metal rivet. The work is rough and hasty.—Cnidos.

Marble. Height, 8 inches. Obtained by C. T. Newton, 1859.