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Ancient marbles in Great Britain (1882)

Michaelis, Adolf, 1835-1910, Fennell, C. A. M. (Charles Augustus Maude), -1916 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 427

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INCE BLUNDELL HALL 267. 389 appears a Maenad in long drapery, playing flute. Quite r. a pine tree concludes scene. Rough work. [M ] 267 (264. P). Relief representing a Centaur. Engr., 100, 2. Arch. Zeit ., 1874, Pl. 6, and see fig. 4 below. A bearded Centaur gallops r,, swinging a branch with… … head, apparently meaning to hit a tiny panther which sits quietly in the lower r. corner turning up its head to its assailant. It is strange that 1. upper corner of relief is left quite bare, while the Centaur’s tail, which might have so conveniently filled it up, is tucked between hind legs. This…

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