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ANIMALS
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231. Three exact replicas of the preceding, same traces of color ; same clay.
232. Seven heads similar to No. 230, but not replicas. Same treatment of hair; stephane with
hole for suspension. General traces of white. Height, 4 cm. to 5 cm. Clay, light yellow to red.
233. Twenty-three fragments of similar advanced archaic heads, much mutilated, but probably
all votive heads. General trace of white. Clay, usually red ; one or two specimens are of yellow clay.
f234. (Fig. 72.) Head of advanced archaic style, solid. Hair
treated as a simple mass. Traces of white. Height, 3.5 cm. Light
yellow clay.
235. (Plate XLVII. 1.) Similar head, solid. Hair, mass. Traces
of white. Height, 4.5 cm. Clay, light yellow.
236. (Plate XLVII. 2.) Similar head, solid. Hair, mass, but
treated in waves over forehead. Traces of white, of red on hair.
Height, 4.5 cm. Dark yellow clay.
237. (Plate XLVII. 5.) Similar head, solid. High coiffure, treated as a
mass. Traces of white. Height, 4 cm. Dark red clay. *IG- 73-
238. (Fig. 73.) Head of similar style. Hair, wavy curls over forehead, and at sides of neck:
mass at back under veil. Traces of white. Height, 6 cm. Clay, reddish yellow.
IX. FREE STYLE.
239. (Plate XLVII. 7.) Fragment of large votive head, broken at left side. The whole
treatment is in large surfaces, free from archaic restraint; the mouth has the natural curve, the
outlines of the eye are correctly given, even to the lapping of the upper lid over the under. A
ridge down the middle of the face seems to show that the head was made in two pieces. Traces
of white. Height, 8.5 cm. Red clay.
This head, in spite of its fragmentary condition, seems to us to represent the great style of the
fifth century, and has inherent traces of the influence of some large
statue. The peculiar marking of the hair, undercut and thus
relieved from the face, and falling on either side in a mass of curls
(here boldly sketched, though not elaborately modeled), is closely
analogous to the Argive coin in which a copy of the Polycleitan
Hera has been identified. It also suggests a comparison with the
newly identified marble head in the British Museum (see General
Introd. to Sculpture, p. 23). We are thus encouraged to consider
this terra-cotta head as immediately related to the great Polycleitan
Hera. Cf. Waldstein, ' The Argive Hera of Polycleitus,' J. PI. S.
XXI. (1901), pp. 30 ff., especially pp. 43, 44, and fig. 2.
240. (Fig. 74.) Votive bust, broken at neck, but with original
edge at waist. The folds of the chiton and of the long veil which falls over the shoulders and the
arms are all given with perfect freedom and naturalness. The figure is covered with a white coat.
Height, 9 cm. Clay, reddish yellow.
Fro. 74.
X. ANIMALS.
241. (Plate XLVIII. 7 and Fig. 75.) Group, representing a bull attacked by a lion. The
lion grasps the bull around the shoulders and bites him in the neck. The bull is plainly exhausted ;
his head sinks to one side, and one of his hind legs is curled up under him, while the other is
stretched straight out behind, as in the welhknown Acropolis group. The execution of the group
is fair — the anatomy of the bull's head is quite well given, and the muscles are fairly well
brought out. The fore legs of the lion are too long, otherwise he is well modeled ; his mane is
formed of a number of round disks, close together. Technically, it may be noted that the bull
seems to have been made complete (his tail curls over his back), and the lion was then " applied,"
so to speak, to him. White slip ; black lines on foi'ehead of bull and front legs of lion ; red
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231. Three exact replicas of the preceding, same traces of color ; same clay.
232. Seven heads similar to No. 230, but not replicas. Same treatment of hair; stephane with
hole for suspension. General traces of white. Height, 4 cm. to 5 cm. Clay, light yellow to red.
233. Twenty-three fragments of similar advanced archaic heads, much mutilated, but probably
all votive heads. General trace of white. Clay, usually red ; one or two specimens are of yellow clay.
f234. (Fig. 72.) Head of advanced archaic style, solid. Hair
treated as a simple mass. Traces of white. Height, 3.5 cm. Light
yellow clay.
235. (Plate XLVII. 1.) Similar head, solid. Hair, mass. Traces
of white. Height, 4.5 cm. Clay, light yellow.
236. (Plate XLVII. 2.) Similar head, solid. Hair, mass, but
treated in waves over forehead. Traces of white, of red on hair.
Height, 4.5 cm. Dark yellow clay.
237. (Plate XLVII. 5.) Similar head, solid. High coiffure, treated as a
mass. Traces of white. Height, 4 cm. Dark red clay. *IG- 73-
238. (Fig. 73.) Head of similar style. Hair, wavy curls over forehead, and at sides of neck:
mass at back under veil. Traces of white. Height, 6 cm. Clay, reddish yellow.
IX. FREE STYLE.
239. (Plate XLVII. 7.) Fragment of large votive head, broken at left side. The whole
treatment is in large surfaces, free from archaic restraint; the mouth has the natural curve, the
outlines of the eye are correctly given, even to the lapping of the upper lid over the under. A
ridge down the middle of the face seems to show that the head was made in two pieces. Traces
of white. Height, 8.5 cm. Red clay.
This head, in spite of its fragmentary condition, seems to us to represent the great style of the
fifth century, and has inherent traces of the influence of some large
statue. The peculiar marking of the hair, undercut and thus
relieved from the face, and falling on either side in a mass of curls
(here boldly sketched, though not elaborately modeled), is closely
analogous to the Argive coin in which a copy of the Polycleitan
Hera has been identified. It also suggests a comparison with the
newly identified marble head in the British Museum (see General
Introd. to Sculpture, p. 23). We are thus encouraged to consider
this terra-cotta head as immediately related to the great Polycleitan
Hera. Cf. Waldstein, ' The Argive Hera of Polycleitus,' J. PI. S.
XXI. (1901), pp. 30 ff., especially pp. 43, 44, and fig. 2.
240. (Fig. 74.) Votive bust, broken at neck, but with original
edge at waist. The folds of the chiton and of the long veil which falls over the shoulders and the
arms are all given with perfect freedom and naturalness. The figure is covered with a white coat.
Height, 9 cm. Clay, reddish yellow.
Fro. 74.
X. ANIMALS.
241. (Plate XLVIII. 7 and Fig. 75.) Group, representing a bull attacked by a lion. The
lion grasps the bull around the shoulders and bites him in the neck. The bull is plainly exhausted ;
his head sinks to one side, and one of his hind legs is curled up under him, while the other is
stretched straight out behind, as in the welhknown Acropolis group. The execution of the group
is fair — the anatomy of the bull's head is quite well given, and the muscles are fairly well
brought out. The fore legs of the lion are too long, otherwise he is well modeled ; his mane is
formed of a number of round disks, close together. Technically, it may be noted that the bull
seems to have been made complete (his tail curls over his back), and the lion was then " applied,"
so to speak, to him. White slip ; black lines on foi'ehead of bull and front legs of lion ; red