■4147 i I'sfy curiou) Rofar)', 4y Benvent;to CelliNI, /aid te li ihi Vid^aryif 

 IIenribtta Maria, ^een c/'-AT/w^ Charles I. ivho, in hemectjjlties, fwwned 

 it to tkaDtike ^^Oar.EArfs, // mijifii of Jix. plumb and fifty cherry -f miss- \ thefirfi 

 mojl curiaufy curved luith parts of hiftory, the latter ixilb -heads of emperors ; andm 

 the rc-TJcfs etnhkms and moftcs — of which a manufcript account it annexed 



4 1 a 8 .1 nwfinmarhabkjine ditto, ^' D I -fTO, faidto hdve been th: property ifPopeCuMSK T 

 Vn. confijling of thitty-tvjo pluml^-ftones of e^i.juifite ivorkmanpip-.'of fulptures on. 

 bo.'hfdcs, in relie-vo ; a-.id hetiveen each Jlone is a prnrl, 32 in riutnber, nuith a 

 'larger o»s vn the tcp of the toJTd — a manufcript account is -annexed 



^414.9 A piece of car-ving^in ivosd, vep'efenting landf capes, luith -vie^s, in -which is intro- 

 duced luater 11:! ih 'veffels faiii'ig, aid-on land tvarious reprefen'ations of hunting, loitb 

 » boar, flag, djgs, and men on horfibnik : — the whole exeejited ina manner that is 



beyond defcription, and in the higheft prefervation. 



-J.1 50 A gold box, with an exceeding curious mofaic top and bottom 



4151 A fmall chii^era of fine antique mofaic, fet in gold as a ring, and turns upon a 

 fwiwl. 1'he figure has the wings and feet of a bird, with a human face, and 

 feems to be an Hieroglyphic 



.41;; A precious fragment of an antique ietaglio, in an exceeding fine carnelian, fetin geld 

 far a ring. It reprefents Herculks as louj as the -waif, fitting in a fktff, with 

 a lion s fin for a fail, one of the paivs is fafiened by a firing, -which hangs S'ver the 

 headoftlEtLCVliLi, whofe firengh in neck and back is 'wonderfully expreffed in ft 

 fmall a compafs 



•^4153 '^ cameo of the -head of AuGUstusCa;sar, upst; a remarkable fine onyx, the head 

 •white, a/e« a jacynth ground, the nxsorkmanjhip of fvterlatiije excellence. It was 

 found viX Malta 



-4154 The head of Jupitbr Serapis, ^a^ out of a green bafaltcs, amofi inimitable piece 

 effculptvre, a/^Egyptlan workman(hip,/rcOT the Bai berini cabinet ; the fs:^ about 

 4 inches. The countenance is highly expr(Jfi-ve j)f fublimity and dignity, tempered 

 luith fweetnefs 'and grace 



-4155 The moft celebrated antique Vase, or Sepulchral Urn, from the Barberirii 

 cabinet, at Rome. // is the identical urn 'which contained the apes of the Roman 

 emperor ALEXJWJnER Sf.verus, and his mother Mam me a, 'which 'was depofited 

 in the earth about the year 235 after Christ, ■cnd-nvas dug up by order of Vqvz 

 Barberini, named \JviB\t\ VIII. bet-ween the years 1623 and 1644. The 

 materials of 'which it is compofid emulate an onyx, the groundarich iranfparent 

 ■ dark amcthyfiine colour, and the fnowy figures <which adorn it are in has relief, of 

 -workmanfijip abo've all encomium, and fuch as cannot bat excite in us the highcfi idea 

 of the arts of the ancients. Its dimenftens are c) inches and i, quarters high, anil 

 21 Inches and 3 quarters in circumference. A more . particular account of tbi* 

 famous vafe may i5^yi«W /«*Montfaucon's Antiquities, 'vol. V. book II. chap. VI. 

 /« Sig. Bartoli delle Sepulchri Antichi. J« /^^ ^des Barberinae. In Wright's 

 Breval's, and Miflbn's Travels. Jn Winckleman on the Arts of the Ancients, 

 iS'c. &c. 



.41:6 A very fine gold cup and falver, weight 44 oz. 15 dwCs. 



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