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koom vi. No. 73. A small statue of Cupid bending his 
Antiquities, bow. 
No. 73*. A bas-relief, representing a female 
Bacchante dressed in thin floating drapery, through 
which the beautiful forms of her body are perfectly 
apparent. With one hand, which is held some¬ 
what above her head, she holds a knife, and at the 
same time secures a portion of her robe which is 
blown behind her; with the other hand, which is 
held downward, she carries the hind quarters of a 
kid. This piece of sculpture was anciently one of 
the ornamental figures on the triangular base of a 
candelabrum. 
No. 74. A small statue of Hercules, sitting on 
a rock. 
No. 75. A bust of Gordianus Africanus the 
elder, dressed in the Roman toga. 
No. 76. A colossal hand. 
No. 77- A head of a child. 
No. 78. The front of the cover of a magnificent 
sarcophagus. It represents a group of cattle, on 
one side of which is an old Faun, and on the other 
a young Faun, both recumbent. 
No. 79. A fragment of a mask of Bacchus.— 
From the collection of Sir William Hamilton. 
No. 80. A votive foot, with a sandal. Round the 
foot a serpent is twined, with its head resting on the 
summit, which terminates a little above the ancle. 
No. 81. An earthen vase, which has two handles 
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