Marbles and bronzes; fifty plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities . of Bronzes, No. 287. 47. The Discobolos (or disk-thrower) of Myron. The head of thecopy is antique but does not Ijelong to the statue. It is, in fact,a replica ot the Rogers Head, No. 25. The correct pose of thehead should he such that the eye follows the right hand (cf. Fig. 5). From the Towneley Collection. ejf , I. 250. 8. Head of Persia (V). An ideal female head wearing the Persiancostume, and perhaps a personification of the country. Thelower part of the neck and the
Marbles and bronzes; fifty plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities . of Bronzes, No. 287. 47. The Discobolos (or disk-thrower) of Myron. The head of thecopy is antique but does not Ijelong to the statue. It is, in fact,a replica ot the Rogers Head, No. 25. The correct pose of thehead should he such that the eye follows the right hand (cf. Fig. 5). From the Towneley Collection. ejf , I. 250. 8. Head of Persia (V). An ideal female head wearing the Persiancostume, and perhaps a personification of the country. Thelower part of the neck and the bust are restorations. Graeco-Eoman sculpture, 1st century Formerly in the Villa Montalto and the Towneley of Sculpture, No. 1769. 49. 50. A Mourning Woman, closely draped in a large mantle, and finelycomposed. The type is of the 4th century The date ofthe statue is uncertain. In Eoman times it was set in itspresent base, which is inscribed with the name of Maximina,wife of Sextilius Clemens. Purchased in 1907, from tlie collection of the Duke ofSutherland at Trentham Fig. 6.—The Portland Vase (Plate 50). The Portland Vase. A glass vase, in layers of dark blue andopaque white, the white layer being carved in relief, in themanner of a cameo. The subjects are doubtful, but appear tobe scenes from the story of Peleus and Thetis. On the sideshown in the plate Peleus watches Thetis asleep, in the presenceof Aphrodite. The work is of the 1st century The vase was found (according to a tradition of questionablevalue) in a marble sarcophagus in the Monte del Grano, nearEomc. It was formerly in the Barberini Palace, whence it passedto the collection of the Dukes of Portland, by whom it has beendeposited in the British Museum. It was wantonly broken bya visitor in 1845.
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