This hall of the New Hermitage built to the design of Leo von Klenze in 1851 for the Imperial Museum was intended for an exhibition of artifacts of Cimmerian Bosporus. The walls and the pillars are decorated with stucco (artificial marble) in wide stripes of three alternating colours. The larger part of the hall is covered with a barrel vault with stripping, while the cross-vaulting of its northern section rests on arches. The ceiling is decorated with ornamental painting. The hall features sculptures (Roman copies from Greek originals), bronze and terracotta statuettes, ceramics and jewellery objects of the Hellenistic age. The exhibition includes the collection of terracotta statuettes from Tanagra and part of a rich collection of carved stones (intaglios and cameos) including the famous "Gonzaga Cameo" which depicts Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt with his wife and sister Arsinoe II (3rd century BC, Alexandria).