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ARCHAIC ETRUSCAN STATUETTES. 63
453. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with 1. foot slightly advanced ; he has
brandished a spear in r. hand, and in 1. he holds out the end of some object.
He has a long stiff beard, and wears a visored helmet on which volutes are
incised, greaves, and cuirass. The cuirass has a border of fringed flaps with
incised patterns ; on the shoulders are two panels incised, with a twisted pattern
below ; in each panel is a lion rampant, the two facing in opposite directions.
Ht. 17 in. Nani and Pourtales Colls. Cat. Pourtales, 574. Crest of helmet broken off.
Slender proportions.
454. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with r. foot drawn back and 1. hand
on breast ; in r. hand he has brandished a spear. He is beardless, and
wears a helmet with frontal ridge, cheek-pieces turned up, and crest in the form
of a swan’s head ; greaves, and cuirass with triple row of incised flaps and incised
patterns round the waist, and shoulder-pieces.
Ht. 8fin.
455. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with 1. leg advanced, holding up a
sword-sheath (?) in r. hand ; on his 1. arm is a shield with incised patterns. He
is beardless, and wears a helmet with incised volutes and bead-moulding in front,
cheek-pieces turned up, and large crest ; short chiton, cuirass of scales with two
rows of fringed flaps and incised patterns on shoulder-pieces, and greaves on
which are incised volutes.
Ht. i2| in. From Todi. Payne Knight Coll. (lviii. 3). Clarac, Musde de Sculpt.
v. pl. 834 B, fig. 2154 C ; Micali, Antichi Mo^iumetiti, pl. 21 ; Revue A^-Mol. xxxi. (1897), p. 330.
Good careful work ; patina on lower part.
456. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with 1. leg bent and r. hand raised,
having held a spear; his 1. arm is bent, and on it are remains of the handles
of the shield which he has held ; he is beardless, and wears a helmet with
cheek-pieces turned up, short chiton, cuirass with row of flaps below and incised
hatchings on the shoulder-pieces, and greaves.
Ht. 9! in. From Palestrina. Towneley Coll. (found in 1786 with the cista No. 743).
Rather rude work. Crest of helmet broken off.
457. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with 1. foot slightly advanced and
1. hand bent inwards as if it had held a shield ; his r. is raised as if it had held a
spear. He is beardless, and wears a crested visored helmet with cheek-pieces
down, cuirass, short chiton and greaves.
Ht. 9i in. Towneley Coll. Rather rude work; no details given; crest of helmet
broken off.
458. Warrior. He advances on 1. foot, the r. drawn back ; in 1. hand he has
held a shield, and in r. he has brandished a spear. He is beardless, and wears
helmet with large crest and cheek-pieces turned up, cuirass with two stripes of
herring-bone pattern, thick belt, and short chiton with incised patterns.
Ht. 7J in. Hamilton Coll. 6 b. Slender proportions ; very rude.
453. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with 1. foot slightly advanced ; he has
brandished a spear in r. hand, and in 1. he holds out the end of some object.
He has a long stiff beard, and wears a visored helmet on which volutes are
incised, greaves, and cuirass. The cuirass has a border of fringed flaps with
incised patterns ; on the shoulders are two panels incised, with a twisted pattern
below ; in each panel is a lion rampant, the two facing in opposite directions.
Ht. 17 in. Nani and Pourtales Colls. Cat. Pourtales, 574. Crest of helmet broken off.
Slender proportions.
454. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with r. foot drawn back and 1. hand
on breast ; in r. hand he has brandished a spear. He is beardless, and
wears a helmet with frontal ridge, cheek-pieces turned up, and crest in the form
of a swan’s head ; greaves, and cuirass with triple row of incised flaps and incised
patterns round the waist, and shoulder-pieces.
Ht. 8fin.
455. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with 1. leg advanced, holding up a
sword-sheath (?) in r. hand ; on his 1. arm is a shield with incised patterns. He
is beardless, and wears a helmet with incised volutes and bead-moulding in front,
cheek-pieces turned up, and large crest ; short chiton, cuirass of scales with two
rows of fringed flaps and incised patterns on shoulder-pieces, and greaves on
which are incised volutes.
Ht. i2| in. From Todi. Payne Knight Coll. (lviii. 3). Clarac, Musde de Sculpt.
v. pl. 834 B, fig. 2154 C ; Micali, Antichi Mo^iumetiti, pl. 21 ; Revue A^-Mol. xxxi. (1897), p. 330.
Good careful work ; patina on lower part.
456. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with 1. leg bent and r. hand raised,
having held a spear; his 1. arm is bent, and on it are remains of the handles
of the shield which he has held ; he is beardless, and wears a helmet with
cheek-pieces turned up, short chiton, cuirass with row of flaps below and incised
hatchings on the shoulder-pieces, and greaves.
Ht. 9! in. From Palestrina. Towneley Coll. (found in 1786 with the cista No. 743).
Rather rude work. Crest of helmet broken off.
457. Mars or a Warrior. He stands with 1. foot slightly advanced and
1. hand bent inwards as if it had held a shield ; his r. is raised as if it had held a
spear. He is beardless, and wears a crested visored helmet with cheek-pieces
down, cuirass, short chiton and greaves.
Ht. 9i in. Towneley Coll. Rather rude work; no details given; crest of helmet
broken off.
458. Warrior. He advances on 1. foot, the r. drawn back ; in 1. hand he has
held a shield, and in r. he has brandished a spear. He is beardless, and wears
helmet with large crest and cheek-pieces turned up, cuirass with two stripes of
herring-bone pattern, thick belt, and short chiton with incised patterns.
Ht. 7J in. Hamilton Coll. 6 b. Slender proportions ; very rude.