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venient to kneel, in order to gather the fruit. The Faun who is
kneeling on the right of the vine, is considerably more aged in his
appearance than the other. Dimensions 1 foot A~ inches, by 9^
inches.
No. XXIX.
Repetition of No. XXI.
No. XXX.
A bas-relief, representing Bacchus leaning on the shoulders of a
Faun, who is bearing an inverted torch in his left hand. At the
feet of Bacchus, is a panther holding up its mouth to receive the
wine, which is poured from a vase held in the right hand of Bac-
chus, (l) Before this group is a Bacchante, holding a thyrsus de-
corated with fillets. Bacchus is here represented in his youthful
character; his head is crowned with vine leaves, and he holds some
of the fruit and leaves of the vine in his left hand. Dimensions
1 foot 5J- inches, by 1 foot 11 inch.
. No. XXXI.
A bas-relief, representing two Fauns leaning over a large open
vessel of wine, as if observing the reflection of their faces on the
surface of the liquor. Over the vessel is a lion's head, from which,
as a spout, the wine may probably have been drawn. An example
of a lion's head being applied to a similar purpose, occurs on the
front of a sepulchral cippus in the Collection of the British Museum,
and also on a silver coin of Himera.(2) The other parts of this
bas-relief are filled up with arabesque ornaments. Dimensions
1 foot 2 inches, by 11^ inches.
lynci praebet cratera bibenti.—Nemesian. Eel. iii. 65.
See Combe Num. Vet. Pop. et Urb. Tab. xxx. fig. 18.
venient to kneel, in order to gather the fruit. The Faun who is
kneeling on the right of the vine, is considerably more aged in his
appearance than the other. Dimensions 1 foot A~ inches, by 9^
inches.
No. XXIX.
Repetition of No. XXI.
No. XXX.
A bas-relief, representing Bacchus leaning on the shoulders of a
Faun, who is bearing an inverted torch in his left hand. At the
feet of Bacchus, is a panther holding up its mouth to receive the
wine, which is poured from a vase held in the right hand of Bac-
chus, (l) Before this group is a Bacchante, holding a thyrsus de-
corated with fillets. Bacchus is here represented in his youthful
character; his head is crowned with vine leaves, and he holds some
of the fruit and leaves of the vine in his left hand. Dimensions
1 foot 5J- inches, by 1 foot 11 inch.
. No. XXXI.
A bas-relief, representing two Fauns leaning over a large open
vessel of wine, as if observing the reflection of their faces on the
surface of the liquor. Over the vessel is a lion's head, from which,
as a spout, the wine may probably have been drawn. An example
of a lion's head being applied to a similar purpose, occurs on the
front of a sepulchral cippus in the Collection of the British Museum,
and also on a silver coin of Himera.(2) The other parts of this
bas-relief are filled up with arabesque ornaments. Dimensions
1 foot 2 inches, by 11^ inches.
lynci praebet cratera bibenti.—Nemesian. Eel. iii. 65.
See Combe Num. Vet. Pop. et Urb. Tab. xxx. fig. 18.