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There are 20 objects for which Decoration contains → breast
14.9.77 exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of swan confronting siren (only traces swan's head, neck, breast and right wing outstretched, to right; siren's face and neck in added white and breast in added red, to left); the chests of the creatures overlap each other.
14.9.82 Head and part of body of woman and siren, both facing left. Shapeless rosettes in field. Red for hair, breast and base of wing of siren and large spot of breast of woman. On top of the rim there are two uneven rows of black dots. The interior is black with a red band along the bottom half of the fragment.
14.9.83 Interior black, with two concentric red circles; flat rim is decorated with three uneven rows of black dots; exterior decorated with a black band, just below rim; in figural zone, two confronting sirens with rosettes in field; below, two horizontal lines, above rays. Red for breast and base of wing of both and for streak across body of siren on left. Incisions.
14.9.84 Interior: reserved band below junction of bowl and lip; below, glazed black; exterior: lip glazed with thin reserved line at join with bowl; below, black figure decoration consisting of horseback riders (only head including mane and reins, neck and breast with added red, shoulder and upper forelegs of one horse and tail of second remaining), to right; at far right, possibly incised pinwheel rosette as filling ornament;
2007.10.2.215 Bust of middle-aged or older woman. Possibly smiling or laughing. Frontal aspect possibly revealing her left breast. Elaborate hair-style.
2007.9.3.64 Female figure, with Eastern jewellery and dress. A snake is biting her breast. Likely to be Cleopatra.
2008.2.1.32 Bust of a woman with her face turned slightly to her left. Her hair curly and covered by a head-dress. One breast is exposed.
2009.8.189 Profile of a woman with wavy hair wearing a helmet. One breast is exposed, looking right. Cast number: 43
2009.8.283 Profile of a woman with a tiara, holding a spear, looking left. Clothes and breast can be seen. Cast number: 14
2009.8.81 Profile of a young woman with wavy hear and one breast exposed, holding something in her hand, looking left. Cast number: 25
26.2.48 pale slip; exterior, from top: frieze with black-figure decoration consisting of breast and right foreleg of crounching feline to right; on right, possible blob rosette as filling ornament; below, wide black band with traces of bands in added white and red; below, animal procession to left in silhouette style (rump, tail, and part of hind legs of possible goat remaining); part two rosettes and dashes as filling ornament.
26.2.49 white slip; black-figure decoration consisting of confronted winged creatures (only breast with added red and leg of bird or siren to right, and breast with added red of bird or siren to left remaining); incised splinter rosettes and dots as filling ornament;
26.2.91 pale red slip; interior glazed black; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of winged creature, possibly a bird or siren with outspread wings (breast with added red and right wing remaining) to right; incised dotted rosette with red as filling ornament.
47.2.35 Standing female figure. Wheelmade body, moulded head. Woman in veil. Holding at breast level an object now broken off. Traces of black on head and eyes, red on face and clothes. Clay orange.
83.10.1 Standing female figure in cloak, with halo-shaped hat (or hair style). Rectangular hole in back. Hollow. Right leg bent, right arm across breast. White slip on clothes and face, pink on head, and shoulders of garment.
E.23.38 The Djed sign, a sign of stability, which was held in one of hands crossed on the breast. This probably represents a lopped cedar or four pillars in perspective.
E.62.53 One of four hawks from corners of a sarcophagus. Disk on head is missing. The minat (counterpoise) hangs at back of collar. Painted all over in dark red pigment; traces of white pigment on face and breast.
L.2016.3.14 The dancer wears a short chiton, only fixed on the right shoulder; left breast and shoulder are bare. Those characteristics are associated with a Maenad. Her hair is tied together to a long plait.
REDMG:1935.87.31B Lid: on the rim of the knob, black silhouetted triangles pointing outwards; below teh knob, black rays; four circles, the second and fourth red; round the edge below the animal zone a black band between two black lines; on the vertical rim a red band, and again a black band between lines. In the animal zone, on one side a palmette-lotus complex, flanked by a pair of sirens; on the other a siren flanked by a panther on the left and a lion on the right. Small incised circles on the body of teh panther, incisions on the lion. Field ornaments include rings of dots with or without a circle at the centre, scattered dots, amorphous and cruciform rosettes with incisions crossing at centre, rosettes with incisions forming small arcs facing away from the center. Some remains of added red on neck, breast, and tail of sphinxes, heart of palmette and petals of lotus. Inside of lid reserved.
REDMG:1958.39.1 Headdress with decorative segmented fillets reaching to shoulders. Hand-made thick club-like arms with individual fingers, right hand lost, probably held offering. Area object covered suggests it was larger than a tambourine. Traces of red paint, especially on right lower body and one breast painted red.
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