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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
Parian marble. Height, 2 feet 5 inches ; diameter, 2 feet 5 inches.
Probably brought from Greece by the 2nd Earl Spencer.
Michaelis, Arte. Marbles in Great .Britain, p. 716.
2486. (Fig. 60.) Altar (or perhaps a sepulchral cippus, in
the form of an altar), uninscribed. On the front is a
festoon of laurel suspended from two heads of Jupiter
Ammon, which project from the angles of the altar.
Below each mask is an eagle standing with wings spread.
An ibis devouring a serpent stands in the centre of the
festoon; below are two small birds devouring a butterfly.
On each side of the altar is a festoon suspended from a
ram's head at the back, and from the head of Jupiter
Ammon. Above this festoon are, on the right side, the
sacrificial saucer, on the left the sacrificial ewer. Below
the saucer is a small bird with a butterfly in its mouth,
and below the festoon on the same side is a small bird
pecking at a berry. Below the ewer is a small bird
swallowing a winged insect, and below the festoon another
small bird. There is a swan below each ram's head.
1st cent. a.p. Compare an inscribed cippus of the
1st cent. a.d. (Bull. d. Com. Arch. Com., 1877, pi. 21, fig. 5,
and p. 20-1 supra.).—Borne. Toioneley Coll.
Italian marble. Height, 2 feet 5f inches; width, 1 foot 9J inches.
ITestored : nose of one of the rams' heads and the top of the
altar. Formerly in the Villa Burioni. Ellis, Town. Gall., II.,
p. 266 ; Graico-Boman Guide, II., No. 50.
2487. (Fig. 61.) Altar (or perhaps base of candelabrum).
On a square plinth is an altar or pedestal, the four sides
of which are slightly concave. The four corners are sup-
ported by four female Sphinxes. Their heads are encircled
with, chaplets of beads. From each of these a string of
bead-and-reel ornament runs up the angle. Front side
(A) : In the panel in front is a low relief representing
Apollo by the side of a tripod. Ho stands to the right,
with right hand on his hip, and with left hand resting
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
Parian marble. Height, 2 feet 5 inches ; diameter, 2 feet 5 inches.
Probably brought from Greece by the 2nd Earl Spencer.
Michaelis, Arte. Marbles in Great .Britain, p. 716.
2486. (Fig. 60.) Altar (or perhaps a sepulchral cippus, in
the form of an altar), uninscribed. On the front is a
festoon of laurel suspended from two heads of Jupiter
Ammon, which project from the angles of the altar.
Below each mask is an eagle standing with wings spread.
An ibis devouring a serpent stands in the centre of the
festoon; below are two small birds devouring a butterfly.
On each side of the altar is a festoon suspended from a
ram's head at the back, and from the head of Jupiter
Ammon. Above this festoon are, on the right side, the
sacrificial saucer, on the left the sacrificial ewer. Below
the saucer is a small bird with a butterfly in its mouth,
and below the festoon on the same side is a small bird
pecking at a berry. Below the ewer is a small bird
swallowing a winged insect, and below the festoon another
small bird. There is a swan below each ram's head.
1st cent. a.p. Compare an inscribed cippus of the
1st cent. a.d. (Bull. d. Com. Arch. Com., 1877, pi. 21, fig. 5,
and p. 20-1 supra.).—Borne. Toioneley Coll.
Italian marble. Height, 2 feet 5f inches; width, 1 foot 9J inches.
ITestored : nose of one of the rams' heads and the top of the
altar. Formerly in the Villa Burioni. Ellis, Town. Gall., II.,
p. 266 ; Graico-Boman Guide, II., No. 50.
2487. (Fig. 61.) Altar (or perhaps base of candelabrum).
On a square plinth is an altar or pedestal, the four sides
of which are slightly concave. The four corners are sup-
ported by four female Sphinxes. Their heads are encircled
with, chaplets of beads. From each of these a string of
bead-and-reel ornament runs up the angle. Front side
(A) : In the panel in front is a low relief representing
Apollo by the side of a tripod. Ho stands to the right,
with right hand on his hip, and with left hand resting