100 
GR^CO-ROMAN BASEMENT ROOM. 
sought, admission to a sacrifice. Purchased , with the preceding , from 
the Odescalchi collection. 
IV. Candelabra, and fragments of Candelabra. 
In the second recess: Seated sphinx, from the base of a magnificent 
candelabrum : it combines the head of a woman, the body and legs of 
a greyhound, the wings of a bird, and the tail of a lion; between the 
shoulders is a columnar block, which supported probably one angle of 
the candelabrum. Found , in 1780, in the Villa of Antoninus Pius , 
near Civita Lavinia, on the site of the ancient Lanuvium. Pt. 10. 
PI. XXXI. 
Against the adjoining pier: Bas-relief representing, on a sunk 
panel, a candelabrum surmounted by a lighted lamp, and decorated 
with lemnisci , or fillets, which terminate in poppy-heads, perhaps in 
honour of Ceres: it is probably from the interior wall of a temple. 
Formerly in the Mattei Collection. Pt. 2. PI. n. 
Underneath: Panel supposed to have ornamented the triangular 
base of a candelabrum : upon it, a Bacchante in bas-relief, wearing a 
linen cap, and thin floating drapery, and brandishing, as she dances, a 
knife, and the hind part of a kid: supposed to be copied from the 
%iyaigo(povo; of Scopas, who flourished about b.c. 360. Pt. 10. 
Pl. xxxv. 
Triangular base of a candelabrui I, resting on three lions’ feet, and 
the sides decorated, in bas-relie ? with a tripod, a raven beside a 
laurel-tree, and a gryphon, all saicred to the Hyperborean Apollo. 
Formerly in a Palace in the Strada Condotto , at Rome. Pt. 10. 
PI. liv. fig. 1. 
Triangular base of a candelabrum, of which three other repetitions 
exist in foreign Museums; the upper angles are decorated with rams’ 
heads, and the lower with the fore-parts of sphinxes; on the panels 
are infant Cupids bearing armour; perhaps sacred to Mars ( Ares}. 
Pt. 1. PI. VI. 
Between these: Base of a small candelabrum, ornamented, in low 
relief, with festoons of fruit and flowers, with a stork on one side, and 
a vase on another. Pt. 10. PI. lvi. fig. 1. 
In the third recess: Candelabrum with a modern base, which is 
decorated with three bas-reliefs originally belonging to another can¬ 
delabrum, and representing the frantic Agave dancing with the head 
of her son Pentheus, a Victory pouring a libation, and a Satyr bearing 
a wine-skin. The upper part found in the Villa of Antoninus Pius. 
Pt. 1. PI. v. 
V. Animals. 
On the first bracket: Butterfly, held in the left hand of a female, 
life-size; perhaps belonging to a statue of Psyche. 
On the second bracket: Small ram’s head, in the right hand of a 
child. 
Between these: Fragment of a bas-relief, with four horses’ heads, 
and the hand of a man leading the foremost; part of a quadriga. 
In the second window: Group of twm greyhounds, life-size, seated, 
and fondling each other. Found , in 1774, with several other sculptures 
of dogs , on Monte Cagnuolo, within the precincts of the Villa of Anto¬ 
ninus Pius, near Civita Lavinia , on the site of the ancient Lanuvium* 
Pt. 10. Vignette. 
On the third bracket: Head of a goat, life-size. 
