82 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [CENTRAL 
combatants: formerly in the collection of Victor Amadei, at Rome ; 
whence it was purchased in 1768. Pt. 1. PI. n. 
No. 2*. A statue of Apollo, of very early Greek work. Pur¬ 
chased in 1818, at the sale of the Comte de Choiseul-Gouffief s Anti¬ 
quities. 
No. 3. One of the feet or supports of an ancient tripod table 
found in 1769, in the Pantanella, within the grounds of Hadrian’s villa, 
near Tivoli. Pt. 1. PL in. 
No. 4. A statue of a canephora, anciently made use of as a column. 
It was one of the Caryatides which supported the portico of a small 
temple dedicated to Bacchus. It was found during the pontificate 
of Sixtus V., among some ancient ruins in the Villa Strozzi, situated 
upon the Appian Road. Pt. 1. PI. iv. 
No. 5. A candelabrum. The upper part was found in the ruins of 
the villa of Antoninus Pius. Pt. 1. PI. v. 
No. 6. The triangular base of a candelabrum, on the sides of which 
three Genii hold each a part of the armour of Mars ; namely, his 
helmet, his shield, and his sword. The work is of the Roman period. 
Pt. 1. PL vi. 
No. 7. A vase three feet high, with upright massive handles ; it is 
of an oval form, and is ornamented all round with Bacchanalian figures. 
It was found at Monte Cagnuolo, the site of the villa of Antoninus Pius 
at the ancient Lanuvium. Pt. 1. Pl. vn. 
No. 8. A statue of Venus or Dione, naked to the waist, and cover¬ 
ed with drapery thence downwards. It was found in the ruins of the 
Maidtime Baths of Claudius, at Ostia, in the year 1776. Pt. 1. Pl. vm. 
No. 9. A vase two feet eight inches high, of an oval form, with two 
upright double handles, which spring from the necks of swans. The 
body of the vase in front is enriched with a group of Bacchanalians. 
Pt. L Pl. ix. 
No. 10. A fountain ornamented with ivy and olive branches. The 
w T ater was conveyed through a perforation in the back part of this monu¬ 
ment to a serpent’s head, in which a leaden pipe was introduced, part 
of which still remains in the mouth. Found in 1776, near the road 
between Tivoli and Preeneste. Pt. 1. PL x. 
No. 11. A colossal head of Hercules, dug up at the foot of Mount 
Vesuvius, where it had been buried by the lava of that volcano. From 
the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Pt. 1. PL xi. 
No. 11*. A statue of Diana: found in the year 1772, near La 
Storta, at the same spot where the group of Bacchus and Ampelus was 
discovered. Pt. 3. Pl. xiv. 
No. 12. A colossal head of Hercules, in a very ancient style of 
Greek sculpture. Found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton in 1769, at the 
Pantanella in Hadrian’s Villa. Pt. 1. PL xn. 
No. 13. A fragment of one of the three supports of a tripod basin, 
composed of the head and neck of a lion. On the forehead are the 
horns of a goat. Found in 1769, in the Pantanella. Pt. 1. PL xm. 
No. 14. The capital or upper division of a votive cippus, represent¬ 
ing two birds, in bas-relief, drinking. Pt. 1. PL xiv. 
No. 15. The key-stone of a triumphal arch, ornamented with a 
figure of Victory elaborately hollowed out between the two vo¬ 
lutes. This fragment is inserted in a modern pedestal. Found in 
