ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 21 



Collections of vases, terra-cottas, bronzes, mural paintings, and other antiquities, have been 

 incorporated with the general collection ; seven select vases and a number of select bronzes, 

 have been placed under glass shades ; twelve table-cases have been lined and their contents 

 re-arranged. A revised edition of the Guide to the First Vase Eoom has been issued. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



I. Presents. 



(1.) A grotesque terra-cotta figure representing an old woman. From the Cyrenaica. 



(2.) Fourteen terra-cotta figures and groups of the Eoman period: found at Thapsus, in 

 North Africa. 



(3.) A bronze pot, with chain attached ; found in Cyprus. 

 (4.) A bronze lamp; found at Tha2)sus. 

 (5.) A small ivory figure. 



Presented by Augustus W. Franks, Esq. 



(6.) A bronze medallion plated with silver, and inlaid with niello, in the centre of which 

 is a head, probably of some member of the Claudian Imperial family. This medallion 

 originally belonged to a set of horse trappings {phalera), found in Germany, and purchased 

 by the Trustees in 1854. 



Presented by Joseph Mayer, Esq. 



(7.) A Greek inscription, containing part of an epitaph in elegiac verse to the memory 

 of one Agathandros ; from Trajan's wall near Kustendji. 

 Presented by Dr. William Henry Cullen. 



(8.) A hydria, with black figures representing females drawing water at the fountain 

 Kallirrhoe, the name of which is inscribed over it. This interesting vase once belonged 

 to the late Samuel Rogers, Esq. 



(9.) A hydria, with black figures ; Hercules struggling with the Minotaur ; on'the 

 reverse, a procession with a quadriga. 



(10.) An amphora, with black figures, having on the obverse Hercules struggling with 

 a male figure ; on the reverse, Dionysos riding on a mule : two Satyrs. 

 Presented by Samuel Addinyton, Esq. 



(11.) A terra-cotta head, painted in several colours, and probably of Phoenician 

 origin. This head was discovered at Dali (the ancient Idalium), in Cyprus, and is a most 

 interesting specimen of archaic art. 



Presented by Thomas Sandwith, Esq., H. M. Consul, Cyprus 



- (12.) Three antique mural paintings. 



' . Presented by Hir Matthew Wliite Ridley, Bart., M.P. 



(13.) Three Roman terra-cotta lamps. 



Presented by John Henderson, Esq. 



II. Bronzes and Fictile Vases, purchased of M . Castellani. 



Bronzes. — (1.) A head, life size, winged, and bound with a diadem; the left wing is 

 wanting. This head, which has been thought with some probability to represent Hypnos, 

 the god of sleep, is a beautiful example of ancient sculpture in bronze. The flowing hair 

 at the back of the head is rendered with a freedom and masterywhich can hardly be sur- 

 passed in metal. The eyes have been inlaid probably with a vitreous paste. This head, 

 which was found at Civitella d'Arno, near Perugia, is published in the Monumenti of the 

 Roman Institute, 1856, pi. 3. 



(2.) An engraved mirror, a two-handled vase, 1 ft. 4^ in. high, an oinochoe, and a head 

 in the form of a vase, on which are interesting Etruscan inscriptions. These bronzes 

 were found in a tomb at Bolsena. The mirror, on which are represented Hermes, Athene, 

 and three other figures, above Avhich is Helios in a quadriga is engraved, Gerhard, 

 Transactions of Berlin Academy, 1861, p. 401. 



Fictile Vases.— {\.) A hydria, on which are painted, in red on a black ground, a group 

 of Triptolemos in his winged car, Demeter, Hekate, Plutos, and other figures ; the names 

 of the first three are inscribed over them. This vase is of the finest period of Greek art, 

 and in admirable condition. It was found at Nola, and has been published in the Monu- 

 menti of the Roman Institute, I., 1829-33, pi. 4, and in several other works. 



(2.) A vase, round which is a frieze of red figures on a black ground, representing a 

 number of Satyrs engaged in a Bacchic orgie. This vase is remarkable forthe vigour and 

 mastery of the drawing, in which more than one bold fore-shortening is introduced. It 

 was found in the excavations of Signor Calabresi, at Cervetri (Cajre), with, a beautiful 

 bronze ladle, kyathis, which has been purchased with it, 



III. A number of interesting antiquities from the museum of the late Mr. James 

 Woodhouse of Corfu, among which the following are the most remarkable : — 



211. D 4 Bronzes. 



