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Chinese pottery vase with black glaze, probably 14th century. 

 Presented hy Sir Hercules Read, P.S.A. 



Two Chinese porcelain plates painted in blue with the crest of 

 the donor's family, and another painted in colour with the arms and 

 crest of the same, made in 1731, with photographs of the original 

 invoices. Presented hy C. R. Peers, Esq., Sec. S.A. 



Reddish brown pottery vase with traces of blue ground and two 

 figures of horses in relief, from Sampsunte, near Trebizond. Pre- 

 sented hy M. C. A. Lamhressis. 



Pottery tile with inlaid design on black ground, from Kazi 

 Main, site of old Baghdad, destroyed in 1259. Presented hy Brig.- 

 Gen. Pope Hennessy. 



(h) Continental. — ^Italian maiolica vase with bust of Giulio 

 Romano on side, and scroll bearing his name, early 16th century. 

 Bequeathed hy Elton Bechely Ede, Esq. 



(c) English. — Three Wedgwood oval medallion portraits. Be- 

 queathed hy Condesa de Valencia de Bon Juan. 



Pottery reliquary (?) in the shape of a high saddle, mediaeval. 

 Presented hy Capt. F. Corner, R.A.M.C. 



•A valuable addition has been made to the collection of English 

 pottery by Mr. Bryan T. Harland's gift of 120 selected pieces of 

 Staffordshire salt-glaze. This ware, which is perhaps the most 

 original of our native earthenwares, was inadequately represented in 

 the Museum ; but it can now be studied here in all its known types. 

 The addition comprises some rare figures, a good series of white and 

 some admirable coloured examples, including a number of inscribed 

 and dated pieces. 



(d) Glass. — Pigment bottle of the Arab period from Palestine. 

 Presented by Airs. C. H. Evans. 



Fifteen specimens of bottles, &c., from a Roman tomb in Cyprus. 

 Presented hy Mrs. Broad loood. 



(6.) Collection illustrating various Religions. 



(a) Christianity. — A large series of Coptic antiquities excavated 

 at Wadi Sarga near Assiut in the winter of 1913-14, including a 

 mural painting with the " Three Children of Babylon " in the fiery 

 furnace, examples of architectural sculpture, ostraka, pottery and 

 various small objects. Presented by the Committee of the Byzantine 

 Research and Puhlicatioii Fund. 



A pottery lamp inscribed in Greek characters, from Elephantine 

 Island, Assuan. Presented hy the Dowager Viscountess Wolseley. 



A stone slab of the 12th century with carved decoration on both 

 sides, said to come from a church at Miafarkin, N.E. of Diarbekr, 

 Kurdistan. 



(b) Buddhism. — An alabaster seated Jain figure found in a well 

 in Shahpura, Rajputana. Presented by Col. J. Biddulph. 



A large bronze seated figure of Buddha, from Burma. 



