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A catalogue of sculpture in the Department of ... - Warburg Institute

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200 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.339. half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sole is roughly cut with a drill as if this part<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> font had been slightly raised from <strong>the</strong> ground.The heel and part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sole under <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>step have beenbroken away. The scale is ra<strong>the</strong>r larger than that <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> preced<strong>in</strong>g Nos. 9, 10, and it may <strong>the</strong>refore be one <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> feet <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> A<strong>the</strong>ne <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> west pediment.Length <strong>of</strong> fragment, llj <strong>in</strong>ches. Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 31 ;Laborde,pi. 58, fig. 8.12. Fragment <strong>of</strong> tail <strong>of</strong> some serpent<strong>in</strong>e creature hav<strong>in</strong>gon <strong>the</strong> back a ridge <strong>of</strong> projections. This fragment hasbeen thought to be part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tail <strong>of</strong> a Hippocampattached to <strong>the</strong> chariot <strong>of</strong> Amphiti ite.Length, 1 foot 6 <strong>in</strong>ches. Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 17; Laborde, pi. 24,fig. 9.13. Fragment ol left thigh, near <strong>the</strong> knee, <strong>of</strong> colossal figure ;on it falls a corner <strong>of</strong> drapery to which is attached agland. Sauer proposes to assign this fragment to <strong>the</strong>figure S <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> west pediment.Length, 9^ <strong>in</strong>ches. A<strong>the</strong>nische Mit<strong>the</strong>ilungen, 1891, p. 79.14. Eight thigh and knee <strong>of</strong> a male figure, ra<strong>the</strong>r largerthan life. It is very doubtful whe<strong>the</strong>r this belongs to<strong>the</strong> Par<strong>the</strong>non.Length, 10 <strong>in</strong>ches.15. Fragment <strong>of</strong> right leg <strong>of</strong> small figure, broken <strong>of</strong>f aboveankle and below knee. It has been attached at <strong>the</strong> back.Length, 11 <strong>in</strong>ches.16. Left hand <strong>of</strong> colossal female figure clasped round an uncerta<strong>in</strong>object. The hand is broken <strong>of</strong>f at <strong>the</strong> wrist ; <strong>the</strong>foref<strong>in</strong>ger and middle f<strong>in</strong>ger are want<strong>in</strong>g. There is noevidence that this hand belongs to <strong>the</strong> Par<strong>the</strong>non. TheBcale, however, is suitable to one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> central figiues <strong>of</strong>

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