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An Ivory Statuette

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2013

A. H. S. Yeames
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British School at Rome
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The department of Graeco-Roman Antiquities in the British Museum possesses among its ivories, which deserve perhaps more attention than has hitherto been paid to them, a small statue representing a hunchback (Fig. 1).

The figure is three inches in height, and is placed on a circular moulded base, which is also of ivory and antique. The ivory has flaked and is worn away in places, but it is, as a whole, in good preservation, and nothing of importance has been lost. No information exists as to the provenance of the statuette, but it forms part of the Townley Collection, which was acquired by the Museum in 1805. That collection was made in Italy, and it may be presumed that the ivory was bought and probably found in the same country.

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Copyright © British School at Rome 1907

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References

page 279 note 1 I owe to the kindness of Mr. Cecil Smith permission to publish the statuette.

page 279 note 2 The Lancet, December 22, 1906. See also Richer, L'Art et la Médecine, p. 193.

page 280 note 1 Guide to the 2nd Vase Room. Part I. (1878), p. 52.

page 281 note 1 Wace, , B.S.A. x. p. 103 ffGoogle Scholar.

page 281 note 2 Von Sacken, Bronzen, Pl. 46, 5 (Reinach, , Répertoire, ii, 561, 1Google Scholar). I owe a photograph of the bronze to the kindness of Dr. Robert von Schneider and of Dr. Egger. The photograph has been slightly retouched.

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page 282 note 1 Lampridius, Alex, Severus, 34.

page 282 note 2 Bernoulli, , Röm. Ikonographie, ii. 3, Pl. XLGoogle Scholar.

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