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4147 very curiouf Rofary, by Benventjto Cellini, /aid to bi the Rofary of 

 Henrietta Maria, ^een of Charles I. inho, in her tiecejjities, pauoned 

 it to the Duke o/'Orleans. // conjijls of Jix plumb and fifty cherry -Jlones ; the firjl 

 moj} curioifly carved nuith parts of hijlory, the latter luith heads of tmperon j and on 

 the reuerfes emblems and moitos — of which a manufcript account is annexed 



4 1 4. 8 A moft remarkable fine ditto, ^ D i T T o , faid to have been the property of Popt Clement 

 VII. conffiing of thirty-tijuo plumh-Jlones of exiuifile luorkmaiijhip of fculptures on 

 both fides, in relievo ; and bet uueen each fione is a pearl, 3 2 in number, nuith a 

 larger vne on the top of the taffel — a manufcript account is annexed 



4149 A piece of carving in vjood, rep'efenting landfcapes, niith viewSf in which is intro- 



duced ivater luith veffels failings and on land various reprefentations of hunting, luith 

 boar, ficig-, dogs, and men on horfehack : — the whole executed in a manner that is 

 ' beyond defcription, and in the highaft prefervation 



4150 A gold box, with an exceeding curious mofaic top and bottom 



4151 A fmall chimera or fine antique mofait, fet in gold as a ring, and turns u 



fvvivel. The figure has the wings and feet of a bird, with a human fac 

 feems to be an Hieroglyphic 



4152 A precious fragment of an antique intaglio, in an exceeding fine carnclian, fet i, 



for a ring. It reprefents Hercules as low as the ivaifi, fitting in a fk'-ff, 

 a lioii's fkin for a fail, one of the paius is fafiened by a firing, uohich hangs ov- 

 head c/'Hercules, vihofe firengh in neck and back is wonderfully exprejfcd 



fmall a iompafs 



4153 A cameo of the head of Augustus C^sar, upon a remarkable fine onyx, the 



white, tipcn a jacynth ground, the vjorkmanfiiip of fuperlative excellence. It was 

 found at Malta 



4154 The head of Jupiter Serapis, <ut out of a green bafaltes, a mofi inimitable piece 



of fculpturc, c/"Egyptian workman{hip,_/r<>«? the Baiberini cabinet ; the fixe about 

 4 inches. The countenance is highly exprejjive of fublimity and dignity, tempered 

 vjith fweetnefs wid grace 

 4^55 The mofi celebrated antique Vase, or Sepulchral Urn, from the Barberini 

 cabinet, at Rome. Jt is the identical urn luhich contained the ajhes of the Roman 

 emperor Alexander Severus, and his mother M a m m e a , vuhich tvas depofited 

 in the earth about the year 235 after Christ, and vjas dug up by order of PoPE 

 Barberini, na>ued \jR^Aii Y III. between the years 1623 and 1644. The 

 materials of which it is compofed emulate an onyx, the ground a rich tranfparent 

 dark amethyfiine colour, and the finowy figures which adorn it are in bas relief, of 

 ivorhnanjhip above all encomium, and fuch as cannot hut excite in us the highefi idea 

 of the arts of the ancients. Its dimenfions are g inches and 3 quarters high, and 

 21 Inches and 3 quarters' in circutnference. A more particular account of this 

 famous vafe 7nay be found in Montfaucon's Antiquities, vol. V. book II. chap. VI. 

 In Sig. Bartoli delle Sepulchri Antichi. In the J£.^t% Barberinac. In Wright's 

 BrevaPt, and Mifibn's Travels. In Winckleman on the Arts of the Ancients. 

 ^c. l£c. 



4156 A very fine gold cup and falver, weight 4402. 15 dwts. 



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