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

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348 CATALOGUE OP SCULPTURE.1725 ; Presented by Sir Joseph Banks and <strong>the</strong> Hon. A. C.Fraser, 1780.Greek marble ; height, 2 feet 1| <strong>in</strong>ch ; width, 3 feet 8J <strong>in</strong>ches. Miis.Marbles, II., pi. 41 ; Ellis, Townley Gallery, II., p. 157 ; Jahn,De Ant. M<strong>in</strong>ervae Simulucris, p 23, pi. 3, fig. 1 ; C.T.G., 1936Wolters, 437.751. Mutilated relief. A horseman is mounted, to <strong>the</strong> right.He has an elaborate sk<strong>in</strong> saddle-cloth, term<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g withan animal's head before <strong>the</strong> horse. Beh<strong>in</strong>d on <strong>the</strong> left isan attendant with a tunic worn over one shoulder (heteromaschalos),and with a shield. On <strong>the</strong> right are an altarand a tree, about which a serpent is entw<strong>in</strong>ed. Anuncerta<strong>in</strong> object is seen <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> upper left corner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>relief. The relief is very high. The horse orig<strong>in</strong>allyhad re<strong>in</strong>s <strong>of</strong> bronze.Marble ; height, 3 feet ; width, 3 feet.752. Fragment <strong>of</strong> sepulchral relief? A j&gure was representedlead<strong>in</strong>g a horse to <strong>the</strong> right. Only one hand andfoot, and parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> horse rema<strong>in</strong>. Before it stand threemale figures on a smaller scale, each figure rais<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>right hand, mak<strong>in</strong>g a gesture as <strong>of</strong> adoration. The reliefwas bounded by pilasters and an entablature. BlaydsCollWhite marble ; height, 1 foot 1 <strong>in</strong>ch ; width, 1 foot 1 <strong>in</strong>ch.753. Sepulchral relief. A youth rides on a horse, to <strong>the</strong>right, wear<strong>in</strong>g a short tunic and cloak.He approaches afemale figure, <strong>of</strong> a larger scale, who wears a long chitonand himation. She has an o<strong>in</strong>ochoe <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> right hand anda phiale <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> left hand. Beh<strong>in</strong>d her is a bearded figureon a smaller scale with <strong>the</strong> right hand raised as <strong>in</strong> adoration.Aphanda, Bhodes.Marble; height, 1 foot 5 <strong>in</strong>ches; width, 2 feet. Arch. Anzeiger,1854, p. 485, No. 8; A<strong>the</strong>nische Mit<strong>the</strong>ilungen, VIII., p. 370.

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