202 TERRA-COTTA. the object, or the name of the artist to whose conception the statuette owes its origin. The accompanying illustration (fig. 206) shews an in- teresting statuette of a female, at full length, which may be ascribed to Aphrodite, the Goddess, who, as I have shewn before, was so… … The hands appear to be holding the breasts, and the hair is plaited and bound with a fillet. On the neck, several necklaces are represented with pendants, one of which is apparently in the form of a man. A kind of fringed stole hangs below the upper garment in front of the knees. The seated…
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