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body of the vase in front is enriched with a group 
of Bacchanalians. 
No. 10. A fountain, ornamented with ivy 
and olive branches. The water was conveyed 
through a perforation on the back part of this 
monument to a serpent’s head, in which a leaden 
pipe was introduced, part of which still remains 
in the mouth. 
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 JVilliam Hamilton . 
No. 12. A colossal head of Hercules in a very 
ancient style of Greek sculpture. 
N6. 13. A fragment of one of the three supports 
of a tripod bason, composed of the head and neck 
of a lion. On the forehead are the horns of a goat. 
No. 14. The capital, or upper division of a 
Votive cippus. 
No. 15. A part of one of the supports of an 
ancient table, ornamented with a figure of Victory, 
elaborately hollowed out between the two volutes. 
This fragment is inserted in a modern pedestal. 
No. l6* A colossal head of Minerva* a spe-y 
cimen of very early Greek work. 
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GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES . 
No. 1. A bas-relief, representing an old Faun 
struggling with a nymph. 
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