ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



(9.) A head to wliich the name of the Empress Domitia has been attributed. 

 (lO.) A head of the Emperor Lucius Verus, when young. 



(11.) A bust of Crispina, wife of tliq Emperor Commodus, in fine condition : a good 

 specimen of the art of the period to which it belongs. 



(12.) A bust of the Empress Julia Mammaea. 



Bronzes. — (l.) A vase 1 foot llf inches high, with handles terminating in swans' heads, 

 in very fine condition, and remarkable for size and beauty of form. Found at Locri, in 

 Southern Italy. 



(2.) A vase 1 foot 9j inches high, the handles formed by two naked figurfes bending back 

 and resting on sphinxes. This vase has been gilt ; the figures are finely modelled and skil- 

 fully adapted to their place in the composition. Found in a tomb at Vulci. 



(3.) A seated figure of Jupiter, formerly in the collection of Baron Denon, and said to 

 have been found in Hungary. A fine work of the Roman period. 



(4.) An Etruscan mirror, on which is engraved a group representing the toilet of Helen 

 in the presence of Aphrodite. The names of all the figures are inscribed near them. For- 

 merly m the Durand Collection. 



Greek Fictile Vases. — (1.) A fine Krater, with figures painted in red and white on a black 

 ground. On the obverse is represented the initiation of Herakles and of the Dioskuri, in the 

 lesser Mysteries at Agra. On the reverse, Dionysos, Plutos, and other figures. This vase 

 is remarkable for the interest of the subject, the richness and variety of the composition, 

 and the excellence of its condition. It was found at Sunt'Agata di Goti, in Southern 

 Italy. 



(2.) A large Krater, with figures in red and white on a black ground. On the obverse is 

 the sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis. Behind the figure of Iphit^enia is the doe substituted by 

 Artemis. The subject represented on this vase is one of rare occurrence in ancient art. 



(3.) A Kantharos, with red figures on a black ground. On the obverse, Orestes slaying 

 Neoptolemos at the altar at Delphi. On the reverse, a scene supposed to represent the trial 

 of Orestes before the Areopagus. 



(4.) A Krater, with red figures on a black ground. Two comic actors, one of Avhom 

 ascends a ladder to a window where a lady's head appears. The otlier waits on him, holding 

 a torch. This scene is a burlesque representation of the visit of Jupiter to Alcmena ; it 

 occurs on a nearly similar vase in the Vatican. 



(5.) Krater, with red figures on a black ground. Hermes holding the infant Dionysos, 

 who extends his arms towards a Masnad, his future nurse. Above these figures their names 

 are inscribed. 



(6.) Krater, with polychrome figures on a black ground. The hunt of the Calydonian 

 boar. 



(7.) Krater, w'lih. red figures. Theseus sacrificing the bull of Marathon. 



(8.) Krater, with red figures. Cassandra and Polyxena taking refuge at the feet of the 

 statue of Pallas Athene on the night of the taking of Troy. 



(9.) Vase, with four handles; red figures on a black ground. On the obverse, Actseon 

 devoured by his hounds. 



(10.) Vase, in the form of a duck, for holding unguents; on each wing of the duck, a 

 reclining figure, modelled in relief, in very fine condition, and richly ornamented. 



Terra-cottas. — (l.) Model of a rustic waggon, with solid wheels ; probably a child's toy. 

 It is painted with ornaments of an archaic character. Found at Nola. 



(2.) Grotesque figure seated on an Amphora. 



Gold Ornaments. — (1.) A circular plate, in embossed work, representing two youths, and 

 a female figure seated round a large vase. 



(2.) Two oblong plates, on each of which is embossed a reclining satyr. 



Miscellaneous. — (1.) An archaic carving in amber, representing a female figure carried off 

 by a male figure. In fine condition, and remarkable for the size of the piece of amber. 



(2, 3.) Two small squares of inlaid glass, in each of which is a tragic mask in various 

 colours. Such vitreous inlays are of great rarity. 



(4.) A mosaic of the Roman period, representing a landscape. 



(5.) A mosaic, representing an Amazon reclining by her horse; which lies on a low truck 

 on wheels. 



A Collection of Antiquities 'purchased from Signor A. Castellani, of Naples. — This coUec- 

 187. C tion 



