Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

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CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.

1646. Female Tragic Mask. Over the forehead is the oy/co'? with parallel rows
of ringlets ; the mouth is closed, and the pupils of the eyes left hollow.

Ht. ij in. Halicarnassos, 1859.

1647. Female Tragic Mask. The mouth is wide open and the brows contracted ;
above the forehead is an ivy-wreath, round which a sash is twisted, hanging
down on either side ; below, two parallel formal curls each side ; behind the
wreath the hair rises in a ridge.

Ht. if in. Good patina.

1648. Female Tragic Mask. The mouth is open ; over the forehead, the 07/co?
and an ivy-wreath tied with a sash ; on the r. side is a spiral tress.

Ht. I§ in. Good patina. Tress on left side broken avvay ; on left cheek an oblong
sinking, where a flaw in the metal has been cut out.

1649. Female Tragic Mask. The mouth is open ; over the forehead is a fillet,
round which is twisted a sash to which an ivy-wreath is attached ; the ends of
the sash are knotted together on the top of the head, and terminate in clusters
of ivy-berries ; over the forehead are larger clusters of ivy-berries attached with
the loop formed by the ends of the sash ; on either side of the head are ivy-leaves
attached to the wreath.

Ht. 2 in. Payne Knight Coll.

1650. Female Mask. The mouth is closed ; the hair is partially covered with a
coif, the ends of which are knotted together over the forehead. At the back of
the head the hair is gathered in a top-knot, and on either side of the face are
three short parallel tresses.

Ht. i§ in. From Leucas, Acarnania, 1846. Holljw at back.

1651. Female Tragic Mask. The mouth is open ; over the forehead is a twisted
fillet with ends hanging either side ; above it are two small horns (?), and on
either side of the face two curls of hair.

Ht. ii in.

1652. Female (?) Mask. The face is beardless, the brows contracted and lips
parted ; the nose is slightly aquiline, and the expression strongly marked. A
double twisted fillet passes over the forehead, the ends being looped under it
and hangirg down on each side ; the hair is thick and hangs in long tresses on
the neck.

Ht. 2 in. Payne Knight Coll. Good patina.

1653. Comic Mask, forming a spout. The large open mouth forms the spout; a
mass of false hair, rising in a ridge over the forehead, is drawn back and
terminates in shaggy locks ; this is probably the aveipa rpL^cbv noted by Pollux
(iv. 149) as characteristic of one variety of the comic mask.

Ht. if in. Length 2§ in. From Torre Annunziata. Bequeathed by Sir W. Templc, 1S56.