Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (1899)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944 · London, Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 99
rmann, History of Painting, p. 87 ; Friederichs, Klein. Kunst u. Industrie, p. 263. Asimilar diskos from Aegina in the Berlin Museum (Friederichs, op. cit. No. 1273). Thedimensions and weight are less than those of the real diskos (cf. No. 2691). The date appearsto be about B.C. 480—465 ; compare… … Fig. 10 = No. 24 249. Pair of Greaves. In front, on each knee, is the figure of a Gorgon, running in the archaic manner, partly in repousse relief, partly incised. Theeyes are hollow and were originally set with gems ; the teeth and tongue, whichprotrude, are of ivory. She has stiff archaic curls…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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