Roman tripod, lamp, perfume box and mystical basket

Portable metal tripod from Naples 1, metal lamp in the Casa Oddi, Perugia 2, perfume box for sacrifices decorated with chimera carved in the Arch 3, and casta mistica or mystical basket with snake used by Priestesses of Bacchus, from a bas-relief in the Orti Pallavicini, Pallavicini Gardens 4. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802

100 Plates Of Costumes Religious Ancient Egyptians Bacchus Chimera Civil And Military Etruscans Greeks And Romans Lorenzo Rocceggiani Perugia Pietro Ruga Priestess Sacrifice Serpent

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