 ... XVI. 5). These also had traces of colour, especially in the eyes. It is possible to fix with some precision the date of the coffins on which the gorgoneia were used. From the style, which, though already tending to mere prettiness, generally shows...  Naukratis: Part 2 - Page 25by Ernest Arthur Gardner - 1888 - 92 pagesFull view - About this book
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...the hair red, and the riband that ties it blue; sometimes the eyes also are coloured, the irisbeing red, the outlines darker : gilding is also used for...view I am confirmed by MJ Six, whose treatise, de Qorgone, is the standard work on the subject. was found a bronze coin, having on the obverse the head... | |
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