Chunk of pumice with rounded edges; no clear indications that piece had been worked or used.
Low density pumice is quite porous and stained by iron at one edge.
Porous pumice.
ADDENDA Larger chunk (two ... 11 May 1971
Trapezoidal fragment of a marble strip, broken at both ends.
Carved on one face with a leafy rinceau: a four-petalled flower and part of another, surrounded by tendrils-champlevé. Tendrils intrude into ... 23 July 1999
In low relief on front, Hermes, his head in profile to the left, his body facing front: head, shoulders, and part of left arm with caduceus preserved. He wears a chlamys. The background is picked, except ... 12 May 1933
Badly damaged; head missing.
The figure stands with the weight on the right leg.
Unfinished; a good part of the marble to his right has not been cut away. Chisel marks clearly visible.
White marble ... 2 February 1934
