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bitor. The statue represents Bacchus reclining in a stateof intoxication.

[The plastic model of this work was sent in 1838 to thepublic Exhibition at Milan, and the Academic Board ofthat town decided to put it up for competition among thepupils. The author had Ills name inscribed on theAcademicians’ list.]

116 Cherici, G-iuseppe, & Sons, Vollerra.

A large alabaster vase, after the Etrurian style; executedin the exhibitors’ manufactory in Yolterra, and represent-ing—1. Apollo in his quadriga, drawn by four horses, andpreceded by Aurora. This vase is represented in theannexed illustration. 2. Justice rising to the heavens.The vase is placed on the fust of a column of the Tuscan order.

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Cherici’s Alabaster Vase.

117 Fbeccia, P., Florence —Sculptor.

Psyche, a statue in marble, witli a pedestal, executed bythe exhibitor. Psyche has received the fatal vase from’ ecus, with injunction not to open it. But the lovely8 1V 1, in spite of Cupid’s warnings, is eager to satisfy her°uriosity, though she seems to hesitate.

U8 Buoninsegwi Bbothees, Florence —Manu-facturers.

A round table in scagliola; from the exhibitors’ manufac-ory. The table represents a wreath with a bouquet in thecomposed of various flowers tied together with a^tute ribbon. The roses in the centre are cut out of pink

chalcedony from Monte Bufoli; lapis lazuli has been usedfor the convolvulus, and turquoise for the pansies. Tireleaves are represented with Arno pebbles. The executionof the whole is highly elaborate. This table-top is repre-sented in plate 167.

119 Bianchini, (*., Florence— Manufacturer.

A round table in mosaic of Florence: the table repre-sents several bouquets. In this elaborate work the exhi-bitor has been anxious to introduce some fine stones, notgenerally known, such as the Arno pebbles, with theFlorentine lily in the centre.