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GRiECO-ROMAN EASEMENT ROOM. 
In the fourth window: Small circular fountain; ornamented, dia¬ 
gonally, with four small gradines, and between them, four bas-reliefs of 
Bacchic figures. Presented with the precedinq. 
X. Masks. 
Over the sun-dial are arranged the following: Mask of the youth¬ 
ful Bacchus, crowned with ivy-berries bound into a diadem; it was 
originally suspended by a loop of metal still remaining, either as an 
ornament in a theatre, or perhaps from the branch of a tree in a vine¬ 
yard, to produce fertility, like the 46 oscilla ” of Virgil. From the collec¬ 
tion of Sir William Hamilton. Pt. 10. PI. XL. fig. 7. 
Below: Mask of a bearded satyr, or Silenus, also originally sus¬ 
pended in one of the modes referred to. 
Between these: Small Mosaic, representing a mask of a satyr, 
Silenus, or perhaps a Pan, expressing in his own features the wild 
terror attributed to his influence. 
The masks at the sides of this are distinctly scenic ( personce ). 
Bas-relief of a comic and a tragic mask, the former crowned with the 
ferula, a plant sacred to Bacchus. Pt. 2, vignette. 
Small female tragic mask, the hair in formal plaits. 
j Below, on a pedestal: Similar mask, of larger dimensions. For¬ 
merly in the collection of Sir W. Hamilton. 
On the other pedestal: Female mask, such as was placed on the 
face of a corpse. From the same collection. 
Against the next pier: Representations of masks, such as were used 
in the satyric drama of the Greeks. 
Above: Marble panel, revolving on a pivot, sculptured on one side 
with a thyrsus and four masks, representing a bearded Bacchus, a 
Satyr, and two Bacchantes; on the other side, in lower relief, the mask 
of a Bacchante. Such panels, fixed in this manner, were used in 
Roman houses for windows or ventilators. Purchased in 1818. 
Underneath : Bas-relief of a mask of Pan, with a syrinx. 
XI. Ornamental Discs ( clypea ), sculptured in relief onbothsides; 
originally suspended by chains in the inter calumniations of colonnades , 
in Pompeian and Roman houses , and also probably in theatres. 
Between the fourth and fifth windows , on a bracket: Disc, having 
on one side the full face of a bearded Satyr, or Pan, crowned with ivy, 
and encircled by an oak-wreath; on the other, in low relief, the 
head of a Silenus, a branch of ivy, and a lighted altar. Pt. 2. PI. 
XL. 
On the adjoining bracket: Disc, having on one side an eagle seizing 
a hare, encircled by an ivy-wreath ; on the other, Cupid sacrificing to 
the god of Lampsaeus. Found near Rome. Pt. 2. PI. xxxviii. 
Between the fifth and sixth windows , on a bracket. Disc, probably 
from a theatre; on one side, a bearded mask, with the legend 
nevivs . poeta . cap., intended apparently as a memorial of 
the early Roman dramatist: on the other, a panther, with a thyrsus. 
From the collection of Sir W. Hamilton. 
On the remaining bracket: Disc, having on one side a Pan, holding 
in his right hand a mask of Silenus, and in his left, a pedum ; on the 
other, a Silenus, bearing a basket and a thyrsus , before an altar. From 
the same collection. 
