94 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [CENTRAL 
No. 17. A head of Minerva. It was purchased from Mr. Gavin 
Hamilton at Rome, in the vicinity of which city it was found. 
No. 18. A colossal head of Antinous in the character of Bacchus ; 
it is crowned with a wreath of ivy. This head, with several parts of 
the statue to which it belonged, was found in 1770, in small pieces, 
made use of as stones in a wall, erected during the barbarous ages, in 
the grounds called La Tenuta della Tedesca, near the Villa Pamfile. 
No. 19. A shelf containing 
A head, apparently of a trumpeter. 
A head of Diana, the hair of which is drawn up from the sides, and 
tied in a knot at the top of the head. From the collection of Sir Wil¬ 
liam Hamilton. 
A head of a goat. 
L'nderneath, a small domestic fountain, of a square form, which was 
used for sacred purposes. 
No. 20. A bust of Minerva; the head only is antique. It was 
found in 1784, in the Villa Casali, amongst ruins supposed to have be¬ 
longed to the baths of Olvinpiodorus. The helmet and the bust, 
which are of bronze, are, w ith some variations, copied from an ancient 
bust of Minerva which was formerly in the Vatican, but is now 7 at Paris. 
Placed upon 
An upright narrow 7 piece of marble, ornamented w ith branches of the 
olive and the pine. 
In the Passage leading from Room XII. to the Grand Central 
Saloon are 
A gilt bronze statue of a female Indian deity, supposed to be Pattinee 
Dewa, found in the Island of Ceylon. Presented by Sir Robert 
Brownrigg, 1830. 
A Chinese gingal. Presented by G. French Angas, Esq., 1841. 
Another with a detached chamber. Presented by Capt. Belcher, 
R. N., 1842. 
Some Hindu bas-reliefs and sculptures. 
An Arabic tombstone from Aden. Presented by Messrs. Newman , 
Hunts , and Christophers , 1840. 
A collection of figures in sandstone and calcareous stone, the work 
of the ancient inhabitants of Mexico. Presented by Capt. Vetch, 
1842. 
The ape-headed Hindu deity Hanuman, standing in the attitude of 
prayer. 
Hindu female figure holding a tree. Presented by Mrs. Tucker , 
1843. 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
In the centre on a temporary framework are Greek marbles, re¬ 
moved from the ancient Xanthus, in Lycia. The upper bas-reliefs 
formed the frieze of a stele, and are supposed to refer to the history of 
Pandarus, and to the carrying away of his daughters by the Harpies. 
Round the lower part are arranged some bas-reliefs collected from 
various parts of the ancient city, and representing a procession of cha¬ 
riots, horses, &c., and lion, deer, fowl, &c.; at one side still lower is a 
fragment of two lions, supposed to have been placed on the top of one 
