l8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, kc. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



tion comprises a number of fine bronzes, a choice sc ries of engraved stones (intaglios and 

 cameos), the greater nart of which were purchased by Signer Castellani from the celebrated 

 Museum of the Marchese St. Angolo; a small collection of ciioice, ancient, and mediseval 

 rings; several interesting archaic terra-cotUs, tin-ee Fictile vases, four Etruscan sarcophagi, 

 and ten small figures in lead. 



The following objects deserve special notice : — 



Bronzes. —(Tl.) A seated figure, probably, of a philosopher, recently found in dredging 

 the harbour at Brindisi, the ancient Brunchisium. This bronze is remarkable for the broad 

 and effective treatment of ihe subject; the drapery is skilfully composed, the conception of 

 the figure easy and natural. 



(2.) A group of Hcrakles overcoming the horses of Diomedes, which has firmed the 

 epithema, or ornament at the top of a cista, of uhich only fragments remain. This iiroup is 

 an interesting speciiDen of Etruscan art; the horses are careiully modelled, but in a style 

 which retains traces of archaic sliffness; found at Palestrina (Praeneste). 



(3.) Denieter seated in a rustic car ; a most curious specimen of early Etiuscan art, in the 

 finest concliiion ; found at Amelia in Etruria. 



(4.) A lamp in the form of the head of a greyhound holding in his mouth the head of a 

 hare. This is beautifully modelled, and belongs to the fi;:est period of Greek art; found 

 at Nocera (Nuceria Alfaterna). 



(5.) A youthful male figure, with an Etiuscan inscription on the base. 



(6.) A figure of Sylvanus in very fine coadition; found at Nocera (]S"uceria Alfaterna). 



(7.) A small group representing Helle on a ram ; found at Chiusi. 



(8.) The infant Bacchus holding up a bunch of grapes. 



(9.) Autumn represented as a winged boy with a basket of fruit. 



(10.) An oblong mirror set in an ornamented frame, round whicii are flowers and Cupids; 

 below is a group representing a male and female figure. This mirror is remarkable for size 

 and richness of decoration ; found at Loeri, in Southern Italy. 



(11.) A mirror, on which is represented Helen at the taking of Troy, seeking refui^e from 

 the pursuit of Menelans at the Altar of Athene ; the composition includes Aphrodite and 

 several other figures whose Etruscan names are inscribed over them. The subject is here 

 treated in an unusiual manner, and this mirror is further remaikable for the masterly drawing 

 of the fioures ; it may be considered the finest specimen of this class of objects in the 

 British Museum. 



(12.) A mirror, on which are represented Menelans, Ulysses, Clytemnestra, and Pala- 

 medes, with their names inscribed in Etruscan characters. 



(I3.) A mirror, on which are represented Minerva, Herakles, Aphrodite, and Apollo in 

 front of an Ionic temple, with their names inscribed in Etruscan characters. 



(14.) A mirror, on Avhich are represented a male figure in a Phrygian cap playing on the 

 lyre, inscribed "Thalna," in front of whom stands a veiled female figure; behind her is a 

 seated female figure holding a vase on her lap. 



(15.) A mirror, on which is represented the head of the youthful Herakles. 



(16.) The cover of a mirror, on which is represented, in embossed work, the meeting of 

 UlysStsand Penelope. 



(17.) The cover of a mirror, on which is represented, in embossed work, a group of Venus 

 and Anchises. 



Nos. 11 to 17 were found at Csere (Cervetri). 



(18.) A suit of Greek armour. 



Vases.— {\.) An archaic hydria representing a battle scene, with the names of the com- 

 batants inscribed over them ; found at Capua Vetere. 



(2.) A ( up, on the inside of which a shoemaker making a shoe is painted in red on a 

 black ground. Very curious for the subject ; found at Chiusi. 



(3.) A cup, with red figures on a black ground, representing Bacchus with attendant 

 satyrs. 



This design is remarkable for the elaborate finish of the drawing; found at Capua Vetere. 



Terra-cot I as found at Locri. — These consist of eight fragments from thin slabs, on which 

 archaic groups are represented in low relief; among the subjects are Hermes KriophoroSj 

 and two female figures stooping over an altar, iii front of which is a cock standing on a 

 candelabrum ; two other female figures are represented each holding a cock in her right hand. 



Four Sarcophagi found at Chiusi. — These are small square Cists cut in freestone. On 



them 



