The Excavation of Antioch-on-the-Orontes 1932-1939

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H. 1.60 W. 2.54 Oceanus and Tethys. Outer border, brown crowstep. Guilloche border outlined in dull grey with strands of, a) medium and light grey, white; b) grey-brown, dull yellow, white; c) brown, pink, white; dots, white. Brown crowstep border. Quadruple inner frame, dark grey, medium grey, white, black. Oceanus: modelled in pink and tan; light pink shades to dark pink and red in the deep shadow; large tan areas on abdomen and upper arm at right shade to ochre; outlines of body areas, pink and ochre, and on shoulder at left, orange-yellow; eyebrows and nose outlined in red; flesh tones of the face light and dark pink with ochre shadow; black shadow under nose; highlights white and yellow; eyes, black; mouth, pink; hair, grey with black accents and white highlights; lobster claws emerging from sides of head, dark red and pink; rudder, dark grey, ochre, yellow, with a touch of orange-yellow; drapery over arm at left, medium grey with black and dark olive green folds; this arm rests on jug modelled in ochre with tan highlights, dark grey shadow, and black mouth from which flow streams of water, grey and grey-green; drapery over legs, olive green folds, the deep shadow black, grading from dark to light grey. Tethys: torso and arm modelled in light pink and tan with white highlight on upper arm, and orange shadow; ochre shadow on face and neck; flesh tones, light pink and yellow with white highlights; eyelids, nose, and mouth outlined in red; hair, black and dark grey with touches of red at border; wing headdress, ochre, pale orange, light and medium grey. Fish: dark, medium, and light grey, and grey shaded with violet and green, highlights, white; eye, black; mouth and head fin, pink and red.

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