Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 95
e orstaff because of the angle at which the hand is carried. The left hand,extended, with the palm upward, evidently also held something, andfrom analogies this may have been an eagle or a phiale, though there areno traces of it visible through the corrosion of the surface. The hairand beard are… … STATUES, STATUETTES, AND RELIEFS mirror-attachment, which rises directly from the head, terminates ateach end in a scroll and half palmette; in the centre is a lotos flower,lightly incised. From the back rises an extrasupport in the form of a palmette. The combination of archaic elements, such…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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