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(d.) Glass. — A considerable collection of glass vessels of 

 the Grseco Roman period, found in tombs near Nazareth. 



A cup of amber glass, from Cyprus, presented by the Cyprus 

 Exploration Fund. Two vessels, one of them of unusual 

 character, and two glass finger rings, also found in Cyprus, 

 from the Lawrence-Cesnola Collection. 



Two moulded cups, glass pendants, and weights with By- 

 zantine monograms, from the East; presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



An engraved Arab bottle, of blue glass, from Illahun, 

 Egypt ; presented by Professor Flinders Petrie, D.c.L. 



A round plaque of glass of the 16th century, with an 

 enamelled design, probably Venetian, from the Magniac 

 Collection. 



A collection of Irish and other beads, a Venetian bottle, 

 and a German goblet, painted in sepia ; presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



Two saltcellars with fancy heads painted beneath ; pre- 

 sented by Lady Charlotte Schreiber. 



A painting on the back of glass, representing allegorically 

 the " Triumph " of the Dutch after the battle of the Dogger- 

 bank, on August 5, 1781, with portraits of the Dutch admi- 

 rals ; presented by Sir H. Evelyn Wood, G.C.B. 



(6.) Collection illiistrating various Religions : — 



A collection of early Indian Buddhist sculptures, collected 

 in Yusufzai, by the late Sir E. Clive Bayley, and a bronze 

 figure of Hercules, in classical style, from Nigrai, in Yusufzai, 

 1860 ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A collection of antiquities, chiefly from the Mahabodhi 

 Temple at Buddha Gaya, including an ancient model of the 

 temple, inscriptions on copper, clay seals, gold ornaments, 

 precious stones of various kinds, many of them mixed with 

 the mortar of the throne. Most of these are described in the 

 donor's recent work " Mahabodhi, or the Great Buddhist 

 Temple at Buddha Gaya," London, 1892 ; also a carved stone 

 bracket and other smaller sculptures, from Shah-Dheri 

 (Taxila). All presented by Major General Sir Alexander 

 Cunningham, K.c.i.E. 



Four Buddhist clay tablets, from caves at Moulmein, Bur- 

 mah ; presented by Major R. C. Temple. 



A Chinese bronze figure of Buddha, all the appliances for 

 the ceremony of " Gomadan," used by the Shingon sect of 

 Japanese Buddhists, as well as a set of the altar ornaments of 

 the same sect, wooden figures of Daikoku and Ebisu, and two 

 wooden masks connected with the worship of Inari; pre- 

 sented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A Buddhist begging-bowl from Japan, and " goheis " used 

 in the Shinto worship of that country ; presented by Basil 

 H. Chamberlain, Esq. 



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