48. 1.Fragment of the head of an ox, apparently projecting from a background, in high relief. The head is seen in three-quarter face to the left.
Height, 1 foot; width, 1 foot 5 inches.
2.Fragment of the head of an ox, including the forehead and eyes. Apparently the head is seen in three-quarter face to the left, as in the preceding.
Height, 10½ inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches.
3.Fragment with part of the flank of an ox (?), springing from a square base. Two horns intertwined (?) in relief on the side of the fragment. If the explanation offered is correct, the animal must have been part of an architectural member, such as occurs in the temple of Hera at Samos (Stuart, 2nd ed., vol. iv., Kinnard on Delos, pl. v.), or in the recently discovered bull's-head capital from Salamis, in Cyprus (Journ. of Hellen. Studies, xii., p. 134).
Height, 1 foot 2½ inches.
SCULPTURES FROM CARIA.
49.A series of rude figures in stone and marble which are found in primitive graves in the islands of the Aegean, and in Caria, have been conjectured by archæologists to be works of the early Carians. The figures in question are for the most part utterly conventional and gross representations of the female form. Male figures have also been occasionally found, and more elaborate subjects, such as a seated figure playing on the harp.
The specimens in the British Museum are exhibited in the First Vase Room with the pottery found in the same deposits. They are described in the Guide to the First Vase Room (1883), p. 21, and in the Journ. of Hellen. Studies, v., p. 50. Compare Perrot and Chipiez, v., pp. 334, 905; Journ. of Hellen. Studies, ix., p. 82; Athenische Mittheilungen, xvi., p. 46.