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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
cake. At the left of the bed is a woman, probably the
mother, seated in an attitude of grief on a chair, with her
mantle passing over her head, which rests on her band.
At her side is a boy, draped about the loins, with his
arms crossed on his breast. Behind are two girls standing,
making gestures of grief.
On each end is a seated Gryphon; at the foot is an
astragalus and Lesbian cymation moulding (modern).
On the front of the cover is a panel, with bucrania,
connected by wreaths. At the angles are tragic masks.—
Towneley Coll.
Marble. Height, without cover, 1 foot 2J inches; width, 3 feet
6J inches. Restored : upper part of girl at head of bed (dif-
ferently restored by Bellori), also the foot. Formerly in
the Delia Valle-Capranica collection. Michaelis, Jahrb. des
Arch. Inst., 1891, p. 233, No. 114; Spon, Eecherches, p. 1;
Miscellanea, p. 308 ; Mus. Marbles, V., pi. 3, fig. 5 ; Bellori,
Adm. Bom. Ant. Vest. (2nd ed., 1693), pi. 72; Montfaucon,
Ant. Expliq., V., 1, pi. 1; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 235; Arch.
Zeit., 1885, p. 219. Compare a similar sarcophagus in the
Louvre, Clarac, II., pi. 153, No. 333.
2316. (Fig- 45.) Front of a sarcophagus, with a parody of
a Dionysiac relief. The subjects in order from the
left are:—Yase on pillar; boy with pedum, and armful
of fruits; boy playing on syrinx; boy supporting-
companion; boy playing on double flutes; boy with
cup ; boy playing on c}-nibals; boy supporting a drunken
companion, who has a wreath (?) and a cantharos, which
he pours out to a dog, imitating Dionysos with a panther;
boy with crotala (?) ; figure of a boy on tip-toe supporting
a basket of fruit on his head. All the figures wear wreaths,
and small mantles. The style is very rough, with much
use of the drill. 4th cent. a.d. (?).
Inscribed : Leon(t)io filio super omni caritate duleissimo
q(ui) vQixit) a(nnos) VIII (menses). . .us paler.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 5| inches; width, 4 feet 8 inches.
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
cake. At the left of the bed is a woman, probably the
mother, seated in an attitude of grief on a chair, with her
mantle passing over her head, which rests on her band.
At her side is a boy, draped about the loins, with his
arms crossed on his breast. Behind are two girls standing,
making gestures of grief.
On each end is a seated Gryphon; at the foot is an
astragalus and Lesbian cymation moulding (modern).
On the front of the cover is a panel, with bucrania,
connected by wreaths. At the angles are tragic masks.—
Towneley Coll.
Marble. Height, without cover, 1 foot 2J inches; width, 3 feet
6J inches. Restored : upper part of girl at head of bed (dif-
ferently restored by Bellori), also the foot. Formerly in
the Delia Valle-Capranica collection. Michaelis, Jahrb. des
Arch. Inst., 1891, p. 233, No. 114; Spon, Eecherches, p. 1;
Miscellanea, p. 308 ; Mus. Marbles, V., pi. 3, fig. 5 ; Bellori,
Adm. Bom. Ant. Vest. (2nd ed., 1693), pi. 72; Montfaucon,
Ant. Expliq., V., 1, pi. 1; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 235; Arch.
Zeit., 1885, p. 219. Compare a similar sarcophagus in the
Louvre, Clarac, II., pi. 153, No. 333.
2316. (Fig- 45.) Front of a sarcophagus, with a parody of
a Dionysiac relief. The subjects in order from the
left are:—Yase on pillar; boy with pedum, and armful
of fruits; boy playing on syrinx; boy supporting-
companion; boy playing on double flutes; boy with
cup ; boy playing on c}-nibals; boy supporting a drunken
companion, who has a wreath (?) and a cantharos, which
he pours out to a dog, imitating Dionysos with a panther;
boy with crotala (?) ; figure of a boy on tip-toe supporting
a basket of fruit on his head. All the figures wear wreaths,
and small mantles. The style is very rough, with much
use of the drill. 4th cent. a.d. (?).
Inscribed : Leon(t)io filio super omni caritate duleissimo
q(ui) vQixit) a(nnos) VIII (menses). . .us paler.
Italian marble. Height, 1 foot 5| inches; width, 4 feet 8 inches.