ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OP THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I7 



A krater, 1 foot 7^ inches high, painted with red figures on a black ground. On tlie 

 obverse is a group of four figures, probably representing the return of a v ctorious wairior. 

 On the reverse is a group of youthful Athletes. The drawing of this vase is somewhat 

 late and careless. There are, besides, twenty lekythi, with rt-d figures on a black ground. 

 In all these we see the same simple and severe style of drawing as in the vases with 

 polvchrome figures on a white ground, which are probably of the same epoch. The; 

 subjects are generally single figures or groups of two. Demeter and Triptolemos, Apollo 

 and i^rtemis, Victory, Eros, and Satyrs, are among the subjects represented. 



The collection also contains a small, but instructive series of the earlier vases, with black 

 figures on a red or on a white ground. There are also a few specimens of the Archaic 

 period ; in these, animals and flowers are painted in brown and crimson on a cream-coloured 

 ground. 



Terra-cottas. — A small collection of Archaic figures found in tombs at Gela. 



Of these, the most remarkable are, a figure of Hermes Kriophoros, 7g inches high, pro- 

 bably copied from the archaic -tatue by Calamis, which is represented on a bronze coin of 

 Tanagra, and of which a repetition in marble is to be found in the Gallery at Wilton House. 



The head and bu-t from a figure of a seated Goddess of archaic type. She is crowned 

 with a rnodim : on her bosom are tln-ee rows of pendent ornaments. A kind of epaulette 

 or a large clasp is attached to the front of eacli shoulder. This figure probably represents a 

 Phoenician type, and resembles some of the small figures found at Dali (Idalium), in Cyprus. 



A collection of terra-cotta figures from Centuripse. These consist of a number of figures, 

 groups, and htads, very spirited in design, but carelessly modelled, and evidently executed 

 in the decline of Greek art. Aphrodite, Eros, and Victory, are among the types which 

 most frequently recur in these terra-cottas. In some of them the nude portion of ihe figure 

 is eoveied witli a vitreous glaze, the remainder being unglazed. 



Such an application of vitreous glaze in Greek terra-cotta figures is most rare, and was 

 probably first introduced in a very late period of Greek art. 



A cinerary urn of pale unglazed ware, and with a conical cover, surmounted by a pome- 

 granate. The body is encircled with bands of mouldings in relief. This urn measures 

 2 feet \\ inches in height. It is remarkable for its form. From Girgenti. 



Three small marble figures bequeathed to the British Museum by the late Percy CLiitton 

 Viscount Straiigford. These figures were brougiit from Greece by Viscount Strangford, and are 

 probably of the earliest period of Greek sculpture. They appear to be rude imitations of 

 Egyptian statues. Two of them represent a naked female figure, probably that of Aphrodite. 

 Similar figures have been found in several of the islands of the Archipelago. {See Ross, 

 Arch'aologische Aufsatze I., p. 52, who thinks that such sigillaria may be the work of 

 Carians, or some other prae-Hellenic race). Those presented by Lord Strangford rano-c. 

 from 9 inches to 1 foot 7| inches in height. 



A small fragment of an Athenian inscription, presented to the British Museum by Cavalier 

 Fiorelli, Director of the excavations at Pompeii. 



Two fragments of ancient mmal paintings, presented by Sir Maihew White Ridley, m.p. 



Two Roman ten a-cotta cones found near Geneva. Presented by J. H. M. Weitbrechi 

 Esq. 



6^. T. Newton. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Arrangement. 



323 slips have been written for the Catalogue of Greek Coins, from Velia in Lucania 

 fo Locri Epizephyrii in Bruttii. ' 



320 Greek coins have been registered, 234 incorporated, and 470, chiefly of the Dynasty 

 of ihe Ptolemies in Egypt, have been re-arranged , with new and appropriate cards. 



A very fine collection of Greek Coins, made by M. IvanoH, late Russian Consul at Smyrna, 

 has been carefully examined; and 44 very valuable specimens were purchased at his' 

 sale, f{;r the National Collection. 



1,168 Roman coins have been registered, 150 incorporated, and 456 re-arranoed. 



1,130 Mediaeval and Modern coins have been registered, 1,391 incorporated, and 229 

 re-arranged. 



772 Venetian coins, being a continuation of the large collection purchased in 1861 

 from M. De Kin, have been registered and incorporated in the General Collection. 



237 English coins have been catalogued, 271 incorporated, and 1,982 Enolish coins of 

 Edward III., Richard II., Henry IV., V., and VI., Richard III., and Henry VII., have 

 been re-arranged, with new and appropriate cards, in tuo new cabinets. 



300 Oriental coins, being those of petty princes in the south of India, have been care- 

 fully examined; and 197 specimens have been purchased for the National Collection and 

 prepared for registration. ' 



246. C 443 Oriental 



