and the harmonious combination of the colours. Another rhyton in the form of a crocodile devouring a negro; and a third in the form of Seilenos holding a keras; other rhytons in the form of animals' heads.

In Case C are a vase in the form of a lion, from Vulci; and another in the form of an astragalos from Ægina, on which is represented a dance of Nymphs or Maenads, who appear to be directed by a bearded figure acting as choragos (Stackelberg, Gräber d. Hellenen, pl. 23).

VIII. A series of terracottas from Tanagra in Boeotia, Athens, Melos, Knidos, and Kamiros (in Wall Cases 11-16 and in Table Case A). The terracottas from Tanagra are remarkable for grace and refinement in the composition and modelling. On Table Case G is a group of two female figures playing with astragali (" knucklebones") from Capua.

FOURTH VASE ROOM.

This Room contains the latest Greek Fictile Vases and terracottas, Mural Paintings, and terracottas of the Roman period, and a number of miscellaneous antiquities. The vases are arranged in Wall Cases 60-72 and 1-23. The figures are painted in red or white on a black ground, the details being sometimes picked out in crimson or yellow. The black varnish is less brilliant and less durable than in the earlier styles, and the shapes of the vases less elegant; the ornaments are more florid, the composition more pretentious and elaborate, and the drawing mannered and often careless. These characteristics mark the decline of the art of vase painting.

Case 44-45 contains Samian and green glazed ware. Cases 60-67 contain examples of black ware, on which the designs are painted in white, yellow, and purple; the vases themselves are frequently fluted. In Cases 68-72 are late Apulian vases.

On Table Cases in this Room are the following select vases :

Table Case A. 1. Krater with the death of Priam and the meeting of Menelaos and Helen; on the reverse, Olympic Deities, meeting of two heroes, and a battle of Greeks and Amazons (Bullettino Archeologico Napolitano 1858, p. 145). 2. Terracotta urn from Athens, containing bones, with figures of Gryphons and a Siren outside. In this urn was found the silver coin naulon, placed by the ancients on the mouth of the dead. 3. A kernos formed by four vases grouped together on a stand, and ornamented with reliefs.

Table Case B. A collection of rhytons in the form of animals' heads. These cups were known in antiquity by the names of the animals which suggested their shapes. For example, a vase in the shape of a Gryphon's head was called gryps; for types formed by a combination of more than one animal, compound names, such as kriokapros or tragelaphos, were employed.

Table Case C. 1. Another series of rhytons similar to last 2.

A vase of glazed ware from Tanagra, in the form of a goose on which Eros rides. 3. A vase in the shape of the prow of a ship, with reliefs. Table Case D. 1. A krater with design representing the initiation of the Dioscuri at the lesser mysteries at Agra; on the reverse, Dionysos, Plutos, and other figures. 2. A krater from Ruvo, subject, Lykurgos slaying his family; on the reverse, Pelops, Hippodameia, Myrtilos. 3. A krater from Apulia, with scene in Hades; Orpheus holding Cerberus.

Table Case E. 1. A krater from the Basilicata, with sacrifice of Iphigeneia. 2. Another krater with offerings at a tomb.

Table Case F. Krater from Altemura, with birth of Pandora and Satyric revels; on the reverse, a dancing lesson, and Satyrs playing at ball.

Table Case G. 1. Askos, from Canosa, ornamented with Medusa's head, Victories, female figures and horses. 2. Krater with battle of Centaurs and Lapiths; toilet of Helen; on the reverse, Dionysos, Satyrs, and Maenads. (Monumenti of the Roman Institute, 1854, pl. 16.)

Table Case H. 1. Krater, from Pisticci, in South Italy; subject, Ulysses and Diomedes surprising Dolon; a curious example of late grotesque drawing. 2. Krater, from Ruvo, with the Death of Hippolytos, from the Temple Collection. 3. Krater, with hunt of Kalydonian boar.

Table Case I. 1. Krater with scene from the taking of Troy; Ajax seizing Cassandra at the altar of Athenè; on the reverse, the meeting of two heroes. 2. Krater with sepulchral rites. 3. Vase moulded in the shape of a duck, with reliefs.

Table Case K. 1. Amphora of black ware from Apulia, with painted and moulded ornaments. 2. Amphora, from Ruvo, with the meeting of Pelops and Hippodameia at the altar of Zeus. 3. Lebes with banquet scene.

The Table Cases contain a variety of antiquities, which are classed as follows:

In Table Case A. A collection of objects in lead, including tablets inscribed with imprecations, found at Knidos, and a series of inscribed sling bolts. In the same case is exhibited a collection of objects in amber, some of which are of an Archaic period.

In Table Case D. A collection of objects in bone and ivory, among which are caskets, gladiatorial tessera, tickets for the theatre, dice; a lyre and two flutes made of sycamore, found in a tomb near Athens, on the road to Eleusis; a flageolet of bone and bronze, found in a tomb at Halikarnassos; fragments of wooden furniture from a tomb at Kertch; a series of vases in alabaster.

In Table Case G. A collection of terracotta lamps.

In Table Case H. 1. Terracotta heads and figures from Dali (Idalium) in Cyprus, presented by their discoverer, D. E. Colnaghi, Esq., H. M. Consul, Florence. 2. A collection of terracottas obtained from Centorbi (Centuripae), in Sicily, by Mr. Consul Dennis.

In Table Case I.

Terracotta moulds and masks, chiefly from Italy.

In Table Case K. Lamps, plates, and other vases in black moulded

ware.

In the Wall Cases 24-31 are arranged specimens of mural paintings from Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiæ, and Rome. Most of these are from the Temple and Blacas Collections. Among them may be particularly mentioned the head of a youthful flute-player-perhaps Olympos-from a tomb near Rome.-Presented by Sir M. White Ridley. In the Wall Cases 32-41 is a series of Græco-Roman terracotta reliefs, chiefly from the Townley Collection. They originally decorated the walls of Roman buildings, and present an interesting variety of mythological subjects. The figures are generally well composed and modelled.

In Wall Cases 42-43 are several large terracotta figures of the same Græco-Roman style.

Wall Cases 44-59 contain (1) terracotta figures of the later Greek style from the Cyrenaïca and other localities; (2) terracottas of the Græco-Roman period, from Canosa and other localities in Italy.

BRONZE ROOM.

This room contains the collection of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes, with the exception of such as have been found in Great Britain, which are placed in the Anglo-Roman Room. It was originally composed of the Sloane, Hamilton, Townley, and Payne Knight Collections, to which have been added, in recent years, the bronzes bequeathed by Sir William Temple, those of the Blacas Collection, and many other interesting objects acquired by purchase or donation.

The Collection is arranged as far as possible in chronological order. The bronzes in the Western half of the room are chiefly Etruscan, and of the Archaic period. Those in the Eastern half are mostly Roman, or Græco-Roman.

On a Circular Table in the centre of the room, is a head of a goddess, of heroic size, said to have been found in Armenia. This head, which is of the finest period of Greek art, has been called Aphroditè, but is more probably Artemis. It has been broken off from a statue, the hand of which is exhibited in Case 44. Castellani. In the lower part of this circular case are four vases, one of which, from Bolsena, has an Etruscan inscription round the lip.

Cases 1-4 contain a number of bronzes of the Archaic period, chiefly from Etruria, among which may be particularly noticed (1) a male draped figure from Pizzirimonte, near Prato, in Tuscany; (2) a Marsyas, from Pistoia. These two bronzes are from the Payne Knight Collection; (3) Lioness.-Woodhouse; (4) a nude

The

Aphroditè, which has formed the finial of a candelabrum. attitude is that of the Venus of Medicis. It is probably the earliest extant example of this type. From the Pulsky Collection; (5) a small figure, probably of the Phoenician period, from the island of Cerigo (Cythera), presented by M. Roumano, of Corfu.

Cases 5-11 contain a number of bronzes, two fictile vases, and other antiquities, from the Polledrara tomb, near Vulci. (Micali, Mon. Ined.. pl v.) Among these antiquities are several porcelain vases, ornamented with Egyptian hieroglyphics, which were probably imported into Etruria through Phoenician commerce.

Cases 12-19, contain Etruscan candelabra, and a number of pieces of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman armour. Among these objects may be noticed two muzzles for horses, from the Temple Collection (Case 14).

Cases 20-23 contain Greek and Etruscan vases and handles of vases. Among these may be particularly noticed a collection of vases found at Galaxidi, near Delphi.

Case 24-25 contains two Etruscan tripods.

Cases 26-30 contain Greek and Etruscan vases, mirror handles and other objects. In Case 30 is an Etruscan male figure, found at Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pl. xiv. 3.)

Cases 31-53 contain figures mostly Roman or Græco-Roman. A selection of the finest of these occupies Cases 44-47, in the centre of the East side of the room; the remainder are arranged in mythological classes. Among the select bronzes in the central Cases the following may be particularly noticed:

1. Venus stooping to adjust her sandal. This figure, which was obtained from Greece, belongs to the best period of ancient art. 2. Bacchus.-Temple.

3. Apollo. The god appears to be pointing with his forefinger towards some object on the ground; hence it has been conjectured that Apollo is here represented at the moment when he orders the flaying of Marsyas.-Townley.

4. Hercules holding the apples of the Hesperides; from Byblus, in Phoenicia. (Museum Marbles, iii. pl. 2.)

5. A seated figure, probably representing a Greek philosopher, said to have been found in dredging the harbour of Brindisi.

6. Meleager aiming a spear.-Pulsky. (Monumenti of Roman Institute, 1854, pl. 8.)

7. Bust of the Emperor Lucius Verus.-Blacas.

8. Bacchus.-Payne Knight.

9. Mercury. From the Basilicata. Presented by Robert Goff, Esq. Cases 54-5 contain a figurehead of an ancient galley found on the scene of the battle of Actium (Arch. Zeit. 1872, pl. 62). Presented by Her Majesty the Queen.

Cases 54-60 contain Roman candelabra, lamps, and other antiquities, among which may be particularly mentioned, a bronze lamp, found at Paris, ornamented with dolphins, lions, and Satyric masks (Case 56), and a Roman seat, bisellium, inlaid with silver (Cases 54-5).

In Case B are the following select bronzes, of the Archaic period, and of Etruscan or Greek origin :—

1. A bronze Etruscan lebes, with engraved frieze of exploits of Hercules, athletic games and animals round the body, and figures of mounted Amazons round the rim, found at Capua. (Monumenti of the Roman Institute, v. pl. 25.)

2. An amphora, the handles formed of male figures bent backwards, found at Vulci.- Pourtalès.

3. An Etruscan draped female figure; from Sessa, on the Volturno, in Italy, a most ancient and interesting specimen of casting in bronze. 4. A Mars; from the lake of Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pl. xii.) 5. A cista, round the body of which are engraved scenes supposed to refer to the Bacchic Mysteries; on the cover is a group of Peleus wrestling with Atalanta. (Gerhard, Kleine Schriften, pl. lvii.-viii.)

6. A draped female figure (Diana?); from the lake of Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pl. xiii. 1, 2.)

7. A recumbent male figure, which has probably ornamented the cover of a bronze oblong cista.

8. A group of Peleus and Atalanta wrestling.

9. Hercules; from the lake of Falterona. (Micali, Mon. Ined., pl. xv.)

10. Hercules subduing the horses of Diomedes, king of Thrace; from Palestrina (Prænestè).

11. A cista: round the body is engraved a frieze, representing the sacrifice of Trojan captives at the funeral pyre of Patroclus. On the cover are engraved three Nereids, riding on marine monsters, and carrying the armour of Achilles. The whole is surmounted by a group in the round of a Satyr and a Mænad. This cista is remarkable for the masterly drawing of the figures in the frieze, and the interest of the subject. Found at Palestrina. (Raoul-Rochette, Mon. Ined. pl. xx. 1.). Formerly in the Durand and Reville Collections.

12. A small draped figure, probably of Aphroditè-Persephonè inscribed with a dedication in Archaic Greek letters, engraved, Gerhard, Kleine Schriften, pl. xxxi 6.-Townley.

13. A Mirror, supported by a draped figure of Aphroditè, on either side of whose head is Eros, represented as if floating in the air. From Athens.

14. Demeter seated in a rustic car. From Amelia, in Etruria.

15. Etruscan helmet, inscribed with a dedication by Hiero I., king of Syracuse, after his naval victory over the Tyrrhenians, B.c. 474. This helmet was found at Olympia, where it must have formed part of the trophy dedicated by Hiero. The inscription is one of the earliest specimens of Greek palæography of which the date can be fixed. (Böckh, C. I., No. 16.)

16. A mirror, supported by a draped figure of Aphroditè, on either side of whose head is a boy, probably Eros. From Sunium in Attika.