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Wedgwood plate of Queen's ware, painted in sepia with 

 landscape ; given by F. B. Goldney, Esq. 



(d.) Glass. — A typical series of Egyptian glass from a 

 cemetery at Dendereh, including mosaic and fragments illus- 

 trating the process of manufacture ; given by the Egypt 

 Exploration Fund. 



Fragments of coloured glass from the ruins of the palace 

 of Amenhotep III. at Thebes ; given by Henry Wallis, Esq. 



Collection of glass of Roman period found at Tyre. A 

 purple glass jug with indented ornament from Cyprus. 



Roman disc with gold decoration representing Cupid with 

 hoop, from Crete. Fragments of gilt-glass mosaic, from the 

 church of the Monastery of Hagia Neamone, Scio ; given by 

 Sydney Vacher, Esq. 



(6.) Collection illustrating various Religions : — 



(a.) Christianity. — Two glass medallions with designs and 

 inscriptions in gold, representing a bride and bridegroom 

 crowned by Christ, and a gladiator ; probably from Rome. 

 From the Tyszkiewicz Collection. 



(b.) Brahminism. — A series from Ceylon, comprising 

 ancient stone carvings, statuettes of divinities, ceremonial 

 utensils, and painted canvas scrolls from the Hugh Nevill 

 Collection, 



(c.) Buddhism. — Carvings in stone and terra-cotta, and a 

 gold personal ornament of the Grseco-Buddhist period, from 

 the north-west frontier of India. 



Stone figure of Buddha and fragments of a stone cornice in 

 Grseco-Buddhist style ; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. 



A large number of figures of Buddha in wood, metal, ivory, 

 and stone, shrines and temple-lamps, bells and sacrificial 

 implements, reliquaries in ivory, crystal, and metals, and 

 painted canvas scrolls ; from Ceylon, forming part of the 

 Nevill Collection. 



A collection of ceremonial masks, sacred panels and paint- 

 ings, utensils and clothing, illustrating Lamaism ; described 

 in L. A. Waddell's " Buddhism of Tibet." 



(7.) Oriental and Ethnographical : — 



A large bell-shaped object of bronze from Japan, orna- 

 mented with spirals and geometrical patterns, earlier than 

 500 A.D. 



Japanese pipe-case, sword, and carpenter's implement, and a 

 Chinese water-pipe ; given by J. Edge-Partington, Esq. 



A rosary used by the bishops of the Shingon sect of Japan ; 

 given by Rev. Kumagusu Minakata. 



Japanese vase of cloisonne enamel ; given by Mrs. Eustace 

 Smith. 



