246 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [BRONZE 
rus ; two statues of Diana, one on a globe ; Diana, in silver, holding a 
crescent ; Rhea, holding Jupiter ; Neptune, his foot on prow of a 
vessel, and holding a trident ; Thetis, her head terminating in crabs’ 
claws ; Thetis, or a Nereid, probably mediaeval ; three statues of Ceres ; 
or Juno, seated; Dionysos, Hygeia, and a Maenad (?). 
Case 79. Head, from a figure of Hecate, or the Artemis triformis ; 
Hecate, or the Artemis triformis, holding a dog, torch, &c. ; head of Diana ; 
a bust of Diana ; four Dianas, one silver ; bust of Diana ; two figures 
of Vulcan ; Minerva Promachos ; Minerva, probably holding an acros- 
tolium, in bronze ; the same, holding the owl, her emblem ; twelve 
figures of Minerva, some holding lances and bucklers; figure of one of 
the Dioscuri, from Paramythia. 
Cases 80 — 82. Various portions of phalerse,or Roman horse trappings. 
Case 83. Four busts of Minerva, one with Corinthian helmet, sur- 
mounted by a sphinx, and with rams’ heads on the cheek-plates ; seven 
figures of Mars, one completely armed, and another resembling the 
so-called Pyrrhus of the Museum of the Capitol ; an emperor on horse- 
back ; two gladiators. 
Case 84. Twenty-one figures of Mercury, one of which is perhaps 
the most exquisite bronze in Europe ; it has a gold torquis, or collar, round 
its neck, and was found at Huis; four figures of Mercury, in silver; 
before one are the cocks emblematic of the palsesta or athletic games 
over which Mercury presided ; bust, leg, and arms for statues of Mercury ; 
three busts; Mercury flying, mounted on the eagle of Jupiter; 
twenty-eight small figures of Aphrodite, or Venus, represented in 
different characters; as anadyomene, or just rising from the sea, 
and arranging her hair; holding a mirror, or covering her face when 
risen from the bath; in the attitudes of the Venus di Medici, and 
the Venus of the Capitol ; adjusting her sandal ; one represents her 
with two Cupids holding her mirrors and conch shells, and with various 
pantheistic emblems ; another holding her dove, or riding on a swan, the 
former is the mutilated Venus from Paramythia ; three busts of Venus. 
Case 85. Thirty-five small figures of Cupid, in various attitudes, 
running, holding a fillet or crown, the conch shell, and lecythus with 
which he anoints Venus at the bath, holding the pugillares or love- 
letter, rejoicing, dancing, crying, intoxicated, feeding a rabbit or hare 
with grapes, and playing with a goose or swan ; the silver figure was 
found at Alexandria in Egypt ; a dwarf. 
Case 86. Various glass studs or buttons, combs, spoons, and other 
objects, principally from the sepulchres of Etruria ; pair of bronze 
sandals from Armentum. 
Case 87. Four fragments of the chasings which covered an ancient 
chariot, found at Perugia, representing an antifixal ornament, a warrior 
on horseback and another fallen ; lions devouring other animals ; the 
bronzes of Siris, which have formed that part of the armour which 
covered the shoulders, of most exquisite Greek chased work, repre- 
senting two combats of Greeks, supposed to be the Ajax Telamonius, 
and Oileus and Amazons: part of ancient scabbard, on which is en- 
graved, in outline, Briseis led away from Achilles; another portion of 
ancient armour representing Cupid holding a water font. 
Case 89. Fourteen statues of Harpocrates, wearing the Egyptian 
pschent, and holding a cornucopise, and some accompanied by the 
