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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

2513. Cylindrical fluted base, for a candelabrum or tripod.
On the upper surface are dowel-holes, for the attachment
of three legs. Between them, a pattern of overlapping
scales.— Towneley Coll.

Italian marble. Height, 11J inches ; diameter, 1 foot ^ inch.

2514. Fluted base of a candelabrum. A circular fluted body
springs from an octagonal base tapering to a small
diameter, and again expands. It is bound at the
narrowest part with a bead-and-reel band.

Marble. Restored: octagonal base and parts of flutings. Height,
1 foot 2f inches.

2515. Column or shaft, perbaps from a candelabrum or from
the support of a vase ; round it in relief are four draped
figures. One, probably Apollo, with long tunic, upper
tunic, and mantle, is playing on the lyre and moving to
the right, whilst the others follow as in a dance, with
hands joined. They are fully draped, in the long chiton,
with or without the diploidion and mantle, the disposi-
tion being different in each case. The upper part of the
relief is mutilated, and the heads are wanting. The
types are derived from the later Attic reliefs.—Elgin Coll.

Greek marble. Height, 9 inches ; diameter, 5 inches. Mus. Marbles,
IX., pi. 40, fig. 1; Synopsis, No. 337 (124); Elgin Room Guide,
EE., No. F. 11; Stephani, Der Ausruhencle Herakles, p. 251, No. 4.

2516. Candelabrum stem. The lower part of the stem is
surrounded by a Bacchanalian frieze of Satyrs and
Maenads. The figures are: Satyr, rushing in frenzy to
right, and a Maenad with thyrsus rushing to left.
Between them on the ground is the mystic basket with
fruits, phallus, etc. A draped Maenad in frenzy rushes to
the right, with a tympanum and a coiled snake. A nude
Satyr advances to right, with head turned back, and