, 1877-03-03

most ex9uIsi.e and rccontli.e kind, Have
they scholars Of tut1cicnt crulftson ninl peculiar
skin to appreciate such objects a. they rhonld
i,c apprecla,edf' Certainly II mnAt he allowed
that there Is not the achoarslip or culture In
powerful means Of advancing their graw.I, !.
the importation Of gems OF art sueh "A are cu,-
llrarc!l Ia tho collections organized by tho Sly
nors Cartcllani and dcn. ID Ccsnota.
The t!tst-na,ncd gallery Of antiquities com
prizes sla,uary. hronzes, Ivory -carrgs, lc.elry,
pcIaona1 ornaments, terra-eottas, and majU}ica
and poseefaiu. It was on exhibition at the Cen
tcnntal Expnsttso.t. anl ias lecn already viewed
prolonged examination of its separate objects is
Iec'1td ior a full appreciation nf its opuencc.
Tho group q marbles, numbering twgnty- three
pfGe., arc chiefly from Rome md Naples. They
Agura, Of epfnnrlo, a head Of y Young Dlony-
etus," Que nf Augustus, Of Tibcr!us, md of Tro-
inn. a,d l5usts o1 tho Emprcss Manila Bcanl,lla
afltl the Empress Julia Paula.
Prancst1ne c.tT, or caaktts which werc used
BY the ladies Of Etrurfa aud Lattun as dressing
cases, anti sornctlmea ~ work-i,askct. soiI,e
have been found holding sponrcs, combs, iair-
nncc Of the toilette. The carvings on ivory and
Lone includn thsrty-eiEht pieces frum Greece,
Home. and Etrtiria, and preeent eon.e fine cx-
pass a.np,sss o. ttat. s,yis Of sen'e,nse; The most
Lncanfa, syr1a, Rome, md E0ypt. white those pf
a later date Represent the byzantine and early
chriatfan art, an!i the productions ot the medic
val ayes aud VI the centuries down 10 1000. The
spceisslsns al Eas}oiiea sad fa!enee arc many and
interesting. Three pieces illustrate the fnyciI-
tfon OF 1.ucta della Robfa; others repretcnt the
famous wnrcs OF Caffagiuo1o, 6icna, Castel
Durantc, Facnza, pcsasi, Urbino, ETC., etc. Two
Of tle rarest pieces Ia the ceramic department
arr Ut the Ffurcntlnc porcelain, of which nlanu-
facture ~ is said that only .twcnty.seYen e1-
Amplcs aro known to be in existence.
Ilo Cetno1a collection numbered, In 1870,
about 1s,oM pieces, embracing statutes and small
figures, 00lamps, 5000 vases, ,00U eoins, GOU
gold orrlatnette. 100 pieces Of gl0ss, 500 pieces
Ut bronze, aud 100 Inscriptions, Tho most iIn-
lortant part Of ll'c collection was e1humed On
the eite 0t kouriun. TN the south coast Ut tho
!alnnd Ut Cyprus, under the supervision u ten.
Vi Cesnota, gentleman Ut Italian birth. but of
American ctttztnship.ws, was appointed Consul
t. Cyprus shortly after the Wnr. The recovery
Of some famous antiquities from their long b,,rl-
al ~ ttls classical sou excited destre dn tho
work Ut exploration: While examining the re-
iinaina which attest the former magnitude and
itmportanse Of Kuur'an,, tic attention of Gen.
III Ccsnufa MAS attracted to a mosaic pavement
revealed by tue rrluoyal OF tho sIaft Of q iallen
pillar an old excavation made In a portion Of
tlls pavement, ~ though In the scnrch for hid
den treasure, led 10 curcfu observations, wllcl,
finally ended In very thorough exploration Ut
At depth Of moro than twenty feet beneath
Ac pAFetncnt TWO btonc eteps were unearthtNt,
leading To q passag gc cut tu thc natise rock,
which RaSo acccas 10 o doorway opening into
what waa probably built FOR tomb The en-
france was blocked ny q slab Of stone, which
hcsng removed discovered = cEa1nher twenty
ityr feet hlaf and ililcd 10 thetop with intltrat-
e. dast* IN Clearing away thc upper portion OF
from this frat apartment, and to be tfllcd Ike
Il with earth; sltspwting that In this series Of
rooms r. SONS treasure had been concealed. Gen.
~ ttsnola dismissed AL llsa laborerH saye two
trxstJ i,sets' as eoon ~ tho digging had rcnrhcd
within two feet of tue 1oor. The Remaining
earth was then examined literally ty the hand
ful, being sittcd through tho ttgcss OF tho
workfncn twice over, as 1t was piled !t baskets
I1r removal. The til!lscnt ecaEcll Of the c1.
laaFets was rewarded W nudlng In tho ccntrc Of
tue outer room lcaP ol precious EclIcK which
had prq9a4ly been deposited 1cre for security
st,1lle .,s'0o fchrs dgo.
Ihe ttrht aft'c!c discovered was q large bracelet
OF nusnhct .: personal ornaMentsot tic saise
ns'ia..,. ~ vfSNiuE fli taH seau sHaMpel, uopF