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II. — Silver. 



1. Two pairs of silver fibulae, the bow of which is formed 

 by the union of four ribbed beads. The jpin-head was 

 fastened between two plates in the form of palmettes ; the 

 sheath is surmounted by two large bosses. One pair of fibulae 

 is joined together by a plaited silver chain with snake-head 

 attachments at either end. The chain which connected the 

 second pair is missing. Found in a tomb at Elis. 



2. Finger ring. On the oval bezel is an engraved design 

 representing a girl dancing Eros upon her uplifted foot. 

 Fourth century B.C. 



III. — Bronze. 



1. Belief, possibly representing Aphrodite and Anchises 

 on Mount Ida. Anchises, who wears a pointed bonnet, rich 

 drapery, and anaxyrides, half reclines to the 1., on which 

 side is seated Aphrodite. She turns her face towards him, 

 holding up the edge of her veil with her r. hand. The upper 

 part of her body is nude ; the lower limbs are draped ; she 

 wears a necklace and bracelets. Beneath the feet of Anchises 

 lies a large hunting dog. Two Erotes are present. One is 

 seen between the principal figures, leaning on his 1. arm and 

 raising his r. behind Aphrodite's head; the second is seated 

 on her r., clasping his raised r. knee with his r. hand. The 

 bronze was restored in places by Flaxman, who added a 

 graceful wooden border. Greek work of the early part of 

 the fourth century B.C. Engraved in S])ecimens of Antient 

 Sculpture, vol. II., plate XX ; Burlington Magazine, 

 November 1904, p. 99. 



This bronze was found with 18 other Greek bronzes at 

 Paramythia, in Epeiros, in 1792. It was formerly in the 

 collection of Mr. John Hawkins, and passed into that of 

 Mr. C. H. T. Hawkins, at whose sale (Cat. No. 1341) it was 

 purchased, with the aid of subscriptions from the National 

 Art Collections Fund, Mrs. C. H. T. Hawkins, and an 

 anonymous donor. 



2. Group representing a helmeted warrior on horseback. 

 The horse is very long in the body, with small head (mane 

 and forelock in relief) and long tail. The rider wears a 

 helmet, decorated over the eyes with engraved lotus -flowers, 

 and a close-fitting chiton confined at the waist with a girdle. 

 Holes are pierced in the horse's mouth and warrior's hands 

 for the reception of metal reins and sword (?) now missing. 

 Both the figures have been cast solid ; the rider is detachable. 

 Fine archaic work of the sixth century B.C. Found at 

 Grumentum in Lucania. See Catalogue of Formun Coll., 

 1899, No. 53, pi. I. ; Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1903, No. 53. 



3. Figure of a man standing to the front with arms out- 

 stretched. He wears a close-fitting chiton and cap. The 

 hands are pierced for the reception of objects now missing. 



