ACCOUNTS, &C., or THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I5 



VI. A marble hand found at Yaison in the Department Yaucluse, France, with 

 the statue of a Diadumenos now in the British Museum. 

 Presented by M. E. Easpail. 



VII. A plaster cast of the model of the Acropolis of Athens by Von der Launitz. 

 Presented by Professor A. Michaelis, Strassbury. 



VIII. A plaster cast of the metope of a Doric temple discovered at Ilium Novum in 

 1872, and representing the god Helios in a quadriga. The original is probably of the 

 period of Lysimachus, B.C. 306-281. (Engraved, Archaol. Zeitung, Berlin, 1872, PI. 

 LXIV.) 



Presented by Dr. H. Scliliemann, Athens, the discoverer of this metope. 



Purchases. — 1, 2, 3. Three bronze circular mirror cases from Corinth, with embossed 

 reliefs {emblemata) on the covers ; ( 1 ) the head of A-phrodite, an unusually fine specimen 

 of this class of relief; (2) a female figure seated beside a tomb, a new and curious subject ; 

 (3) a female figure holding up a large mask as if to frighten a boy who moves away from 

 her. On the inside of this cover is incised the figure of a Maenad. This is one of the 

 very few examples of incised figures of this class found in Greece. 



4. A bronze mirror mounted on a stand in the form of a figure of Aphrodite, with a 

 figure of Eros pendent at each side. From Corinth 



5. A bronze disk made lo revolve at the end of a long staff". On each side of the disk 

 is a boy, probably the infant Dionysos, in relief. The use of this peculiar instrument is 

 unknown. From Corinth. 



6. A bronze helmet of fine form and condition. From Corinth. 



7. 8. Two bronze goats, rather archaic in style. 



9. A pyxis of fictile ware, round which is painted a frieze in red figures on a black 

 ground. The subject is the garden of the Hesperides. Two female figures, inscribed 

 respectively Hippolyle and Mnpsaura, stand at a fountain ; a third figure, inscribed 

 Thetis, stands near the tree of the Hesperides. 



10. A pyxis of fictile ware, round which is painted a frieze in red figures on a black 

 ground. On one side a female figure, inscribed Iphigeneia, stands in the doorway of a 

 house. Her attendant, inscribed Davjie, is handing her a necklace. On the reverse is 

 Helena, seated Avith her wool basket. Two attendants, inscribed Kassandra and 

 Klytaemneitra, stand by her. This and the preceding pyxis are remarkable for beauty 

 of design and interest of subject. Both from Athens. 



11. A pyxis of fictile ware, on the cover of which are painted, in red figures on a black 

 ground, Helios in his quadriga, and Selene riding on a horse, only the upper parts of both 

 groups being visible above the horizon. From Athens. 



12. A pyxis of fictile ware, on the cover of which is Herakles drawing water at a 

 fountain, painted in reddish brown on a drab ground. From Tanagra in Boeotia. 



13. A small cup of fictile ware ; design a female figure playing at the game of 

 kottabos, painted in black on a drab ground. This and the preceding vase are remarkable 

 for quaintness of design. From Tanagra in Boeotia. 



14. A vase of fictile ware, round which is a frieze of animals painted in brown on a 

 drab ground, and with incised lines. This vase may be an imitation of the archaic. 



15. A lekythos of fictile ware, with the youthful Dionysos attended by Eros and a 

 Maenad. The figure of Eros is painted in opaque white, the accessories raised and gilt. 

 From Athens. 



16. An alabnstos of fictile ware with female figure at a fountain accompanied by a 

 youthful male figure with a dog, painted in black on a drab ground. Inscribed Famios 

 hallos. From Athens. 



17. An alabastos of fictile ware with two female figures advancing towards a youth, 

 painted in red on a black ground. From Athens. 



18. A draped female figure in terra-cotta, remarkable for its beauty and preservation. 

 From Melos. 



19. A terra-cotta moidd for a group of Herakles pursuing a Nymph. From Athens, 



20. An aged figure (Ulysses ?), leaning on staflf and attended by a dog. The material 

 is Egyptian porcelain cut out in outline, the inner markings of the figure incised. From 

 Athens. 



21. A chalcedony scaraboid with intaglio, representing in early Greek style a head of 

 Aurora, inscribed EOS. This beautiful gem was found at Ithome in Messenia. 



12 1. D 22. A bronze 



