. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 4553 42 ic/« the Barberini cabinet; the fixe aiout finches. The countenance is highij exprffiiveof i\ih\im\ty and with fweetnefs and grace y -4'55 ^'^^ ^°J^ celebrated antique Vase, er Sepulchral Urn, /"fiw /^f<Barberini -cabinet, a/Rome. â It is the identical yiva.
. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 4553 42 ic/« the Barberini cabinet; the fixe aiout finches. The countenance is highij exprffiiveof i\ih\im\ty and with fweetnefs and grace y -4'55 ^'^^ ^°J^ celebrated antique Vase, er Sepulchral Urn, /"fiw /^f<Barberini -cabinet, a/Rome. â It is the identical yiva. which contained the afi^es of tin Raman emperor Alexander Sevfrus, and his mother Mammea, which was depofited 'in the earth about the year 235 after-QuKisy, and was by order cf V OPS -Barberini, named \Jrban YllL ietweew the years 1623 and 1644. The, '.materials of which it is compofied emulate an onyx, the ground a rich iranfparetit â dark amethyfiins colour, and the fnowy figures which adorn it are in has relief, of workmanfiiip abo-ve all encomium, and fuch as cannot but excite 'in us the higheji idea of the arts of the ancients. Its dimenfions are q inches and 3 quarters high, and 21 Inches and 3 quarters in circumference. A more particular account of this famous vafe may be found in Montfaucon's Antiquities, 'vol. chap. VI. In Sig. Bartoli delle Sepulchri Antichi. In theJEics Barberina. In Wright's Breval's, and Miilbn's Travels. In Wihcltleman on ihe Arts of the Ancients. iJc. i£c. A ueryjine gold cup emd falver, weight 4402. dwts. - ^ / 4156 '/-XT 7- y I N Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley, Duchess of, 1714-1785; Lightfoot, John, 1735-1788; Dance, S. Peter, associated name. DSI; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillma
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