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ROOM VI. 
Antiquities. 
No. 20. A torso of a small statue of Venus. 
No. 21. A swan, in red marble. 
No. 22. A small statue of Cupid bending bis bow. 
No. 23. A funeral monument of Xanthippus, who 
is represented sitting in a chair, and holding a human 
foot in his right hand. 
No. 24. An altar, on which various Egyptian figures 
are represented. It is of Roman w r ork. 
Upon it, a statue of a satyr. 
No. 25. A head of an Amazon, in the early style of 
Greek sculpture. 
No. 26. A figure of Victory sacrificing a bull. 
No. 27. A bust of Hadrian with the imperial palu- 
damentum. 
No. 28. A bas-relief, representing a female Bac¬ 
chante clothed in thin floating drapery, through which 
the beautiful forms of her body are perfectly apparent. 
With one hand, which is held somewhat 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 downw ards, she carries 
the hind quarters of a kid. This piece of sculpture 
was originally one of the ornamental figures on the tri¬ 
angular base of a candelabrum. 
Upon it, a head of a child. 
No. 29 . A bust of Severus with the imperial palu- 
damentum. 
No. 30. A sarcophagus, in the centre of which is 
the portrait of an elderly man, placed in the inside of a 
shield, which is supported by two Genii. 
Upon it, three tiles, in terracotta, brought from 
Athens. The fronts are ornamented with a border of the 
honeysuckle pattern, and in the centre of each is a head 
of a lion, for carrying off the water. Purchased in 1815. 
Underneath, a colossal foot of Apollo. Presented , 
in 1784, by Sir William Hamilton. 
No. 31. A figure of Victory sacrificing a bull. 
No. 32. A head of Faustina, the wife of Marcus 
Aurelius. 
No. 33. 
