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There are 17 objects for which Shape_description contains → face
14.9.106 Small bowl, 'later and light', according to Gill 1986; shallow bowl with incurving rim and torus ring foot with concave inner face
2008.7.133 Hammer-head shaped fragment, with one semi-circular face. Slopes up to a rim.
23.11.31IIII Female facing left, wearing a pointed headdress over long styled hair. One hand appears to be held up to the face. There is a thin spike projecting upwards at the back. The skirt is belted at the waist, and is patterned with vertical bands containing zigzags or chevrons which terminate at a shin-length curved hem. The left shin and foot appear angled back to the other foot, giving the figure the appearance of walking.
23.11.31N Profile figure facing left with a flat helmet revealing the face. Only a stump of the spear remains. Holding a complete circular shield with a pattern visible. Thin legs emerge from underneath the shield. Lead is an off-colour white-grey.
34.10.16 Pappas figurine with polos and beak-like face. Solid, hand-made, with triangular arms and flat back; concave resting surface.
47.2.26 Kourotrophos figurine of woman and child. Rectangular block with mouldmade face and flat back. Infant suckles at left breast.
47.2.27 Cylindrical figure of a warrior. Pointed helmet, moulded face with long beard. Arms across chest, right carries shield, may have also held a spear, although now damaged.
47.2.28 Cylindrical, wheelmade figurine with mouldmade face and handmade arms. Holds quadruped, possibly kid, goat or sheep, with distinctive pellet eye.
47.2.29 Female tambourine player, with wheelmade body, moulded face and handmade arms. Facial features well preserved. Right hand plays tambourine and is placed higher than left.
47.2.31 Standing female holding tambourine. Cylindrical, wheelmade body, mouldmade face and handmade arms.
47.2.9 Small bowl, 'later and light', according to Gill. Cf. Reading 14.9.106 Shallow bowl with incurving rim, concave on inner face, torus ring foot, circular ridge in middle of underside before convex centre.
51.7.7 Sessile kantharos, traditionally thought to be an imitation of the 'Saint-Valentin' class of ceramics (Beazley 1947, 219), although Robinson 1997 now says that it is derived from a metallic prototype. Quite standard among its class (Xenon Group kantharoi) in shape (and decoration). Rounded outturned rim, below which are attached two vertical strap handles, rejoined at a slight ledge between upper body and lower body; upper body near cylindrical, whereas lower body is a deep bowl; low flaring ring-foot, ridged on the exterior, with concave face on the interior continuously curving through the resting surface.
67.6.1 A plaster cast head of a Lapith from a metope (South 6) of the Parthenon.Broken off at the middle of the neck; the face bears a gouge on the left cheek and most of the nose is broken off.
71.6.1 Rectangular element with two protrusions to the side, from the lower part, and a molded satyr face in relief, which serves as a lug.
L.2016.3.10 Miniature dimension. Round, outwards bulged ceramic disc, with very slightly everted, rounded rim and a moulded face at centre of the exterior. A small curved handle, running in a straight line, is attached to the rim and ends at the back side of the left forehead area and the right chin area.
L.2018.4.1 The distorted perspective and exaggerated forms of Stanford's carving overturn traditional archetypes of female beauty associated with Helen of Troy's face.
REDMG:1958.39.1 Wheel-made female figurine, with mould-made face.
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