Sculpture

         



N.154: Marble head of barbarian from Italy (3rd/2nd c. BCE)

Bearded man with handle-bar mustache, wearing a bowl-shaped helmet with crest and a broad, slightly raised border over forehead; heavy eyebrows over deep-set eyes and open mouth; nostrils prominent.
Dimensions:Max H. preserved 9.55; max W. preserved 5.44; max Th. preserved 5.77 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 9.30, 31, 32; slide
Comparanda: the helmeted Gaul in Naples, presumed to be a copy of a monument set up by Attalos II of Pergamon on the Athens Acropolis: Andrew Stewart, Attalos, Athens, and the Akropolis: the Pergamene "Little Barbarians" and Their Roman and Renaissance Legacy (New York, Cambridge University Press 2004).


N.157: Marble hand and pitcher from Italy (Roman)

Right hand with index finger through handle of pitcher, thumb on top, two middle fingers bent toward palm, elongated little finger extended against base of pitcher; finger nails and pad of palm articulated. Traces of reddish paint all over.
Dimensions:Max H pitcher pres 6.16 cm.; max D pitcher 6.19 cm.; max L from spout to break at wrist 14.08 cm. width of hand across knuckles 5.69 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 6.33, 34


N.158: Marble base of statuette of Asclepius from Italy (Roman)

Profiled oval base with broad central scotia with squared off edge on either side, flanked by torus. On base two bare feet with traces of garment just above ankles; next to right foot, a thick gnarled staff with coil of snake which continues behind figure.
Dimensions:Max H pres from base to top of staff 11.52 cm.; max L base pres at top edge ca 17.7 cm. x with ca 11.4 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 6.35


N.198: Marble table leg fragment from Praeneste (1st-3rd c CE)

Fragment of upper part of table leg with head and shoulders of male figure with chubby cheeks facing right with upper right arm pulled across body, wearing short-sleeved tunic with roughly V-shaped folds coming from neck; short curly hair articulated with much deep drilling; ears, eyes and mouth articulated. Back flat.
Dimensions:Max H pres 17.4 cm.; max with pres 10.88 cm. ; max Th pres 5.38 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 15.8


N.199: Marble table leg fragment from Italy (1st-3rd c CE)

Fragment with head and neck of woman (?) facing front with curly hair waving from central part to jawline; eyes, nose and mouth articulated. Flat top surface rough picked.
Dimensions:Max H pres 9.8 cm.; max with pres 10.39 cm.; max Th pres 7.05 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 15.9


N.200: Marble table leg fragment from Italy (1st-3rd c CE)

Fragment with frontal face of chubby Cupid with long flowing hair parted in center with central braid from forehead to rear; hair articulated by deep drilling from surface; eyes deeply recessed and deep drill holes at nostrils and ends of mouth.
Dimensions:Max H pres 12.64 cm.; max with pres 7.93 cm.; max Th pres 9.45 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 15.7


N.224: Limestone pigna (tomb marker over a male burial) from Praeneste (?)

Pointed phallic symbol on base resembling circular altar with fairly shallowly concave sides with plain thick, projecting discoid moldings above and below, the lower greater in diameter than the upper. Rasp marks all over, vertical on symbol, horizontal on base.
Dimensions:H ca 22.5 cm.; H of base ca 8.35 cm.; D base ca 8.5 cm.; D phallic symbol ca 8.5 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 17.21


N.225: Limestone pigna (tomb marker over a male burial) from Praeneste (?)

Pointed phallic symbol on tall concave-sided base possibly originally carved with vertical leaves which lost in recutting; remnant ruff of leaves at base of symbol, tall plain discoid molding, terminating base. Incised near the greatest diameter, D MAGIUS, probably modern. Vertical rasp marks prominent on symbol.
Dimensions:H ca 37.0 cm.; max H of base ca 14.0 cm.; max D pres base ca 15.5 cm.; max D phallic symbol ca 15.7 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 12.17, 18, 19


N.226: Limestone pigna (tomb marker over a male burial) from Praeneste (?)

Pointed phallic symbol on two-tiered base, decorated with two rows of acanthus leaves, resting on discoid bottom. Articulation of leaves concentrated on one half of the circumference, backside plain. Prominent vertical rasp marks on symbol, vertical and horizontal raps marks on base.
Dimensions:Max H pres ca 42.0 cm.; max H of base ca 17.5 cm.; max D pres base ca 13.3 cm.; max D phallic symbol ca 17.1 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 12.21, 22


N.241: Marble lid of cinerary urn from Praeneste (?)

Lid in the form of gabled roof with four projecting acroteria at corners. On primary facade, the gable is filled with two cornucopiae in relief and acroteria carved as dramatic masks (male [?] heads with crown-like headdress from which three long curls extend to frame face on either side; articulation of eyes, nose and mouth.
Dimensions:H to top of gable 11.0 cm.; L from gable to gable 26.5 cm.; with across primary gabled surface 31 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 9.33


N.242: Marble entablature fragment from Italy (?)

Surface carved with leaf pattern, tips alternate up and down; band of low dentils; small diagonal band of bead and reel between small tori; strongly projecting plain cornice with slanting crown moulding decorated with egg and dart between small tori below two broad tori.
Dimensions:Max H pres 12.0 cm.; max L pres 35.0 cm.; max with pres 17.5 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 13.7


N.243: Marble Ionic capital fragment from Italy (?)

Small capital, but (from the nature of the break) not of a column; ârather some open, floral element. One volute is decorated with incised leaf-like elements and tied with a rope in center; front and back surfaces of capital between volutes plain. Between capital and abacus, leaf and dart below a plain, narrow moulding.
Dimensions:Max H pres ca 9.5 cm.; max L pres 15.0 cm..; max with 14.0 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 13.6, 8


N.244: Marble sarcophagus fragment from Italy (?)

Rectangular fragment from the top of a long side of a sarcophagus: agricultural relief: in the center, a child farmer in paenula and short tunic plowing with two oxen in front of two trees; in front of oxen, a fragment of another, similar group. At left, a winged Victory moves left and looks back at the farmers.
Dimensions:Max L pres 56.5 cm.; max H pres 19.0 cm.; max Th 9.5 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 17.22, 23


N.399: Marble table leg fragment from Italy (Roman)

Puffy face with incised eyes and mouth; narrow undulating line of hair above forehead, fillet above; great clumps of wavy hair on either side of face. Back flat.
Dimensions:Max H pres 13.7 cm.; max with pres 12.5 cm.; max Th pres 6.8 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 20.2


N.400: Marble table leg fragment from Italy (Roman)

Chubby face (Eros?), with bulging forehead, cheeks and chin; deep hollows for eyes, slit for mouth. Curly masses of hair on either side of head, articulated with deep drilled holes, and long curl along crown. Back flat.
Dimensions:Max H pres 10.6 cm.; max with pres 8.22 cm.; max Th pres 5.22 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 20.4


N.404: Marble leg from ? (?)

Tapering "leg" of elongated ovoid section with rounded angle with battered end. Surface smoothed but shallowly lumpy and irregular.
Dimensions:Max H pres 0.28 cm.; max with pres 5.51 cm.; max Th pres 3.06 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 20.2


N.405: Marble hand holding stick from Italy (?)

Right hand clenched around gnarled staff broken near the fist.
Dimensions:L pres fist-wrist ca 8.7 cm. Th fist 4.7 cm.; D break at wrist 4.85 cm. x 3.85 cm. L stick 12.7 cm. D stick at projecting end 2.6 cm. x 1.77 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 20.7, 8


N.407: Marble entablature fragment from Ostia (Roman)

Projecting cornice with flat top surface, below which are moldings: bead and reel (?), egg-and-dart, tori, plain angular mouldings, and a second bead-and-reel.
Dimensions:Max H pres 6.8 cm.; max L pres 10.5 cm.; max Th pres ca 5.6 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 20.9


N.414: Stone conical vessel of sandstone from Turkey (?)

Dimensions:H 14.6 cm.; max D 16.8 cm.; D base of neck 3.7 cm.; D aperture 1.0 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 20.16


N.417: Stone pigna base from Praeneste (?)

Limestone, rectangular in plan and section with shallow circular depression rough-pecked in top surface. Bottom surface rough-pecked, other surfaces incompletely smoothed.
Dimensions:H 9.7 cm.; L 14.6 cm.; with 11.8 cm.; D depression ca 10.0 cm. x depth ca 1.2 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 10.2; 20.25, 26


N.418: Ellipsoidal stone weight from Praeneste (?)

A hard dense stone, ellipsoidal in shape.
Dimensions:H 9.2 cm.; L 15.1 cm.; with 12.0 cm.
Photograph: Neg: 10.1


N.419: Disk-shaped stone weight from Praeneste (?)

In the top are an incised T and two holes filled with lead securing the stumps of a metal handle.
Dimensions:H ca 16.2 cm. Top D ca 22.4 cm. x 17.3 cm. Underside D 16.1 cm. x 13.8 cm.


N.420: Marble warrior head from Praeneste (Hellenistic/Roman)

Badly mutilated head of a bearded warrior wearing a Corinthian helmet, pushed back Periclean-fashion.
Dimensions:Estimated H pres ca 40 cm. Est with pres ca 21 cm. Est Th pres 26.5 cm.
Photograph: see Cast Restoration Project in memorabilia book.


N.430: Stone metope said to be from Etruria (Cypriot?)

Limestone fragment of a metope and, at left, a triglyph (most of which is preserved with 6 guttae). Metope is sculpted with a bucranium; fillets hang from the horns and flank the face; relief cross on forehead. From the style, especially the bulging eyes with concentric rings, the piece may be Cypriot.
Dimensions:H 38 cm.; with pres 48 cm.
Photograph: Photo with invoice.


Medusa head

Bronze furniture attachment in the shape of a Medusa head, Italy? (1st c. AD)




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