123 
CENT. SAL.] GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
Rude stone figure of a man, life size, from the wall of a building; 
found at Nicaragua. Presented by J. E. Naylor , Esq. 
Square block of granite, with the figure of a dragon attached; from 
Mexico. 
Stone figure of a man, crouching, and supporting a large vessel in 
his lap. 
Mutilated stone figure of a male infant held, by the left thigh, in the 
right hand of a colossal female figure, the rest of the group being lost. 
Marble front of a sarcophagus, of Byzantine style, representing in 
relief the upper part of two female figures, draped, and with their hands 
joined. Underneath is the inscription—“ Fonteia . l . eleusis . 
hod at a . fonteia . l . Helena.” Height 1 ft. 9 in.; length 2 ft. 9 in. 
A Hindu Linga, of black marble. Presented by H. Ray, Esq. 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON. 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
On the South side are placed, 
In the large intercolumniation, a plaster cast from the face of the 
Northern Colossus of Rameses II., at the rock temple of Ibsamboul. 
Within the recess beneath, a fragment of a marble group in alto 
rilievo, a man seated in a chair, and a female standing beside him; both 
draped. 
In front of this are placed, 
A statue in tufo, of a man habited in a tunic, and sitting in a round- 
backed chair; from Chiusi. It is in two pieces, of which the lower 
contains a bowl-shaped cell, being in the middle of the entire figure, 
and intended for the ashes of the deceased. Total height, 4 ft. 4 in. 
At the foot of the preceding is a small cinerary urn, of tufo, with a 
sculptured relief in front, representing Achilles killing Penthesilea, a 
falling warrior, and a Fury bearing a torch : the cover is in the form of 
a graduated plinth. Length, 2 ft. 1 in.; height, 1 ft. 6 in. Within it 
are ashes. 
To the right is a larger cinerary urn, of alabaster, with remains of 
paint; in front a Centaur carrying off a female, and an overthrown vase 
beneath his feet. On the cover is a woman reclining on a cushion, 
draped, and holding a patera. Length, 2 ft. 6. in.; height, 2 ft. 5\ in. 
Below this is another, with a representation, in front, of Scylla 
seizing two of the companions of Ulysses. On one side an arch is 
sculptured in relief. Upon the cover a recumbent male statue, half 
draped, and decorated with a garland, holding a patera, and leaning on 
a cushion. Length, 1ft. 5 in.; height, 2 ft. 3 in. 
In the corresponding position, to the left, a similar urn, having in 
front two Centaurs, each bearing a female on his back, and a tree in his 
hand, with two vases falling beneath their feet. On the cover, a recum¬ 
bent female, half draped, and wearing a garland, in her right hand a 
patera, her left arm resting on a cushion. Height, 1 ft. 11 in.; length 
1 ft. 61 in. 
The above four objects were found in the grounds of the convent of 
Spirito Santo, near Chiusi. 
Over the last mentioned stands another alabaster cinerary urn, with 
two subjects, in relief, from the fall of Troy, Ajax struggling with Cas¬ 
sandra, attended by a Fury, and Neoptolemus, followed by a Greek 
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