Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Sales catalogue: Glendining. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![128 Another, from Tricca, a boy with the toothache, he is crouch- ing and supporting his cheek on his hand. Height 2:81n. Probably dedicated after a successful extraction. About 350 B.C. | 1 129 A pathological figure in bronze, representing a deformed dwarf, his cranium drilled in two places, suggesting trepanning. Perfect preservation, fine patina. Hetght 3-51n. Greek, about 200 B.C. 1 HYGIENE. 130 A beautiful terra-cotta statuette, 7°21. high, representing Hygieia, goddess of Health, daughter of Asklepios, she is gracefully draped and holds a dish of fruit in her left hand. From Thessaly. About 350 B.C. I 131 Anancient alabastron, or “ soap-bottle,’’ of Corinthian fabric, painted with two seated cats, the Greeks used oil instead of soap for washing, and their alabastra were made to be carried with a string-handle. Height 8:2in. About 600 B.C. Found at Corinth 1 : _ GY Another, smaller, and of the type which athletes carried, slung on their wrists, to baths and gymnasiums, painted ‘M4. . with cock and swan, birds sacred to Asklepios and Apollo (gods of Health and Light). Height 3:4in. About 600 B.C. Found at Corinth 1 133 An athlete’s engraved bronze strygil, or scraper; after oil had been applied to the body, oil and dirt were scraped off with a strygil. Length 8:6in. Very rare and a beauti- fully preserved specimen. About 600 B.C. Found at Corinth J Athens; it is of black-glazed terra-cotta, and fitted with HM EY. a nipple-shaped spout in front and a handle at one side, the top is covered in, but pierced with holes so that air can get to the milk, but no flies. Dzameter over handle, 3°7in. An extremely rare type of vessel. About 450 B.C, ]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3180679x_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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