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CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.
1519. Autumn, or a month, personified as a boy. He stands on r. leg, squeezing
in both arms a large bunch of grapes ; his hair is curly, with a plait along the
top of the head, and he wears a himation over r. shoulder.
Ht. 2§ in. Payne Knight Coll. (xi. 7). Rude and worn.
1520. Spring personified by a nude male figure running forward, with r. leg
extended behind and arms in front ; in r. hand he holds up a pruning-knife.
He is beardless, and has short, smooth hair.
Ht. 2J in. Rude work. Left leg restored.
1521. Winter personified as a youthful male figure. He has stood on 1. leg, with
r. heel raised, as if moving forvvard ; in 1. hand he holds a branch, on which are
leaves and berries (?). He wears a short girt chiton, over which is a birrus or
cucullus, drawn over the head as a hood and crossed over the chest ; on the r.
leg is a high boot reaching to the knee, laced up in front of the foot and forrned
of straps up the leg, arranged in parallel zigzags. Over his forehead is a diadem,
on which are three jewelled medallions with stones set between them, and on the
edge of the hood are six projections, probably representing jewels ; the eyes
have been inlaid.
Ht. 6k in. Castellani, 1865. Left leg from knee and right hand lost. Very barbarous ;
not earlier than the fourth century of our era.
1522. Winter personified as a boy. He stoops forward, throwing the weight of
his body on 1. foot, in the attitude of a sower, looking to his 1.; the r. hand was
extended in the act of sowing the seed, which was held in a sort of pocket formed
by the folds of the drapery over 1. arm. He wears the garment known as lacerna,
which reaches nearly to the knees, and in which his 1. arm is muffled ; the hood
(cucullus) hangs between the shoulders.
Ht. 3§ in. From Rome. Castellani, 1873. Right arm and both feet lost.
1523. Silvanus. He has curly hair and beard, and wears a large pine-wreath Plate
tied at the back, goat-skin fastened on r. shoulder, and high endromides, with XXX.
tops turned over, leaving the toes bare. In his 1. hand is a bough, and in r. hc
has held some object; in the folds of the goat-skin are a pine-cone and an
ivy-leaf.
Ht. 6§ in. Nocera, Campnnia, 1865.
1524. Bust in relief representing Afriea personified. The back of the liead is
covered with the skin of an elephant’s head, the upturned trunk being seen over
the forehead, with a tusk on each side, and at the back large flapping' ears. Her
hair is arranged in two rows of wavy tresses falling on each side of the neck ;
she wears a girt chiton with apoptygnia, and a folded chlamys over 1. shoulder.
On her 1. side a lion of diminutive form is attached to the figure, with head to
the r. ; below her r. arm is an elephant’s tusk.
Ht. 9 in. Hamilton Coll. 152. Cf. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Gt. Britain, p. 222, and
coins of the kings of Mauretania. Trunk and right tusk of elephant broken. The bust is partly
hollowed out at the back ; on either side and below arc holes for attachment to sotne object.
CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.
1519. Autumn, or a month, personified as a boy. He stands on r. leg, squeezing
in both arms a large bunch of grapes ; his hair is curly, with a plait along the
top of the head, and he wears a himation over r. shoulder.
Ht. 2§ in. Payne Knight Coll. (xi. 7). Rude and worn.
1520. Spring personified by a nude male figure running forward, with r. leg
extended behind and arms in front ; in r. hand he holds up a pruning-knife.
He is beardless, and has short, smooth hair.
Ht. 2J in. Rude work. Left leg restored.
1521. Winter personified as a youthful male figure. He has stood on 1. leg, with
r. heel raised, as if moving forvvard ; in 1. hand he holds a branch, on which are
leaves and berries (?). He wears a short girt chiton, over which is a birrus or
cucullus, drawn over the head as a hood and crossed over the chest ; on the r.
leg is a high boot reaching to the knee, laced up in front of the foot and forrned
of straps up the leg, arranged in parallel zigzags. Over his forehead is a diadem,
on which are three jewelled medallions with stones set between them, and on the
edge of the hood are six projections, probably representing jewels ; the eyes
have been inlaid.
Ht. 6k in. Castellani, 1865. Left leg from knee and right hand lost. Very barbarous ;
not earlier than the fourth century of our era.
1522. Winter personified as a boy. He stoops forward, throwing the weight of
his body on 1. foot, in the attitude of a sower, looking to his 1.; the r. hand was
extended in the act of sowing the seed, which was held in a sort of pocket formed
by the folds of the drapery over 1. arm. He wears the garment known as lacerna,
which reaches nearly to the knees, and in which his 1. arm is muffled ; the hood
(cucullus) hangs between the shoulders.
Ht. 3§ in. From Rome. Castellani, 1873. Right arm and both feet lost.
1523. Silvanus. He has curly hair and beard, and wears a large pine-wreath Plate
tied at the back, goat-skin fastened on r. shoulder, and high endromides, with XXX.
tops turned over, leaving the toes bare. In his 1. hand is a bough, and in r. hc
has held some object; in the folds of the goat-skin are a pine-cone and an
ivy-leaf.
Ht. 6§ in. Nocera, Campnnia, 1865.
1524. Bust in relief representing Afriea personified. The back of the liead is
covered with the skin of an elephant’s head, the upturned trunk being seen over
the forehead, with a tusk on each side, and at the back large flapping' ears. Her
hair is arranged in two rows of wavy tresses falling on each side of the neck ;
she wears a girt chiton with apoptygnia, and a folded chlamys over 1. shoulder.
On her 1. side a lion of diminutive form is attached to the figure, with head to
the r. ; below her r. arm is an elephant’s tusk.
Ht. 9 in. Hamilton Coll. 152. Cf. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Gt. Britain, p. 222, and
coins of the kings of Mauretania. Trunk and right tusk of elephant broken. The bust is partly
hollowed out at the back ; on either side and below arc holes for attachment to sotne object.