ANCIENT SEPULCHRAL POTTERY. 

 Fig. 10. 



Christ, and to later dates. Specimens of these were already rare 

 and much prized in the time of Julius Caesar. 



Among the most admired and interesting of these may he men- 

 tioned the celehrated cup of Arcesilaus. This vase is represented in 

 planinfig. 11, (p. 113), and in elevation in fig. 12. It is preserved 

 in the Bibliothdque Royale, now (Decemher, 1853) Imp6riale. Its 

 height is 10 inches, and its diameter 11 inches. 



This cup which was found at Yulci (Camino), in Etruria, 

 represents Arcesilaus, King of Cyrene, seated on the deck of a 

 vessel, the crew of which are engaged, under his superin- 

 tendence, in weighing baskets of asafoetida, and depositing them 

 in the hold. 



This vase is considered to he the work of Cyrenian potters 

 contemporary with Pindar. 



13. The names of about forty of the most celebrated potters of 

 Greece have been recorded in the works of philosophers, historians, 

 and poets. Among these the following may be mentioned : 



DrerTADEs, of SICTOX, whose works were brought to Corinth, 

 where they were preserved. The epoch at which this potter 

 flourished is unknown. 



CORCEBTJS, of ATHENS, nourished in' the time of Cecrops, fifteen 

 centuries before Christ. He was reputed to have been the 

 inventor of pottery. It will, however, be shown hereafter that 

 this art was practised in the East at least a thousand years 

 earlier. 



TALOS, the son of PEBDIX, sister to DJEDALTJS. This personage 



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