ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ;^^ 



VII. The following purchases were made at the Castellani Sale in Paris : — 



1. A series of gold ornaments: among them may be noted, a scarab, on which is 

 engraved a seated female figure, inscribed AiiPON, from Tarentum (Sale Catalogue, 

 No. 10) ; an earring with a pendant in the form of a centaur in white enamel ; a pair of 

 earrings with pendants in the form of cocks in white enamel. These enamelled earrings 

 are of great rarity; they were found in the excavations of Prince Torlonia at Yuloi. 

 An earring of extraordinary size and beauty, having for a pendant a female head richly 

 set in floral ornaments ; a fibula with the figure of a lion, from Cervetri ; a hair-pin 

 surmounted by a figure of Aphrodite; a necklace with a Satyr's head as pendant ; an 

 alabastos ornamented with granulated patterns, from Palestrina, 



2. Several objects in ivory, among which is a thin plate with incised design of a nude 

 female figure kneeling before a fountain, (Engraved in Sale Catalogue, p. 29.) 



3. Bronze axe-head inscribed with a dedication in archaic Greek lettex's. From 

 Calabria. (Roehl, Inscriptiones (jrra3C3e Antiquissimae, No. 543.) 



4. Bronze cista, with incised design representing probably incidents connected with 

 the Judgment of Paris. 'I his cista, both for composition and drawing, may be considered 

 one of the finest ever discovered. From Palestrina. 



5. Oval bronze cista ; on the cover is incised the scene in which ^neas, having slain 

 Turnus, claims Lavinia from King Latinus ; Amata, the mother of Lavinia, rushes away 

 in horror ; the locality is indicated by a reclining figure of the river-god Numicius. 

 From Palestrina. (Engraved in Monumenti dell' Inst. Arch. Rom. VIII., pis. 7-8 ; 

 Annali xxxvi., p. 356.) 



6. Bronze cista, with incised design representing Bellerophon and Pegasos. From 

 Palestrina. 



7. Bronze cista, on the cover of which is an incised design: Nereids riding on Sea 

 Monsters. From Palestrina. 



8. Bronze cista: on the cover is incised a battle scene. The handle is formed by the 

 figures of two warriors carrying a dead comrade. From Palestrina. 



9. A series of wooden caskets, containing pigments, combs, and other objects found 

 inside cistae. 



10. Bronze mirror-case Avith relief: Ganymede carried up by the Eagle. From Pales- 

 trina. (Engraved in Monumenti dell' Inst. Arch. Rom. VIII,, pi. 47, fig. 2.) 



11. Two bronze mirrors with incised designs. 



12. Archaic bronze figure of warrior. 



1 3. Two bronze statuettes of draped female figures. 



14-15. Bronze statuette of Athene and head of Hermes. 



16. A seated male figure in calcareous stone of very ancient Etruscan style. Found 

 at Chianciano near Chiusi. 



VIII. A female head in marble. On many parts of the surface are remains of the 

 original ground of colour with which the head had been painted. From Rome. 



IX. — 1. Fictile /e%</jo5, with design painted in red outline on a white ground repre- 

 senting three figures at a tomb. 



2. Terracotta statuette, with traces of gilding in the hair, and red and blue colour on 

 the drapery. The drapery is well composed, and the general condition excellent. From 

 Tarentum. 



X. Two fictile vases, with geometric patterns, two statuettes, a relief and a fragment 

 of a statuette in terracotta. From Cyprus. 



XL — 1. Ten fronts of covering tiles, halypteres or imbrices, ornamented with masks in 

 relief ; two pieces of egg-moulding painted red and black ; twenty-five weights stamped 

 with various devices ; head of a female figure; a necklace. These objects are in terracotta, 

 and were found at Tarentum. 



2. A rosette carved in stone. From Tarentum. 



3. A terracotta female figure. From Ephesos. 



4. A mould and a grotesque mask, in terracotta. From Smyrna. 



5. Archaic fictile aryhallos, with grotesque figures. From Cumae. 



0.73, F 2 6. Bronze 



