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DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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Against the adjoining pilaster is a trapezophoron, in form of a seated 
female panther, and on the table above, a bust in giallo antice, of 
uncertain title, perhaps Saturn, veiled. 
Cases 62, 63, 64, contain miscellaneous objects. On the upper 
shelves are four fine remains of Roman fresco-painting from the walls 
of houses at Pompeii, which were added to the Temple Collection by 
the special direction of the King of the Two Sicilies, to whom, by the 
law of Naples, they rightly belonged. On the highest shelf are also 
some rare and curious pieces of amber, carved in an archaic style, and 
a small assortment of Roman unset gems. On the next shelf several 
minor specimens of fresco, some ivory and bone carvings, and some 
calcined remains of corn and fruit, exhumed at Pompeii. Below these 
a collection of red earthenware vases from Sicily, of a late period ; a 
variety of small glazed terracotta vases and figures, supposed to have 
been made in the middle ages from ancient moulds ; and specimens 
of Venetian glass. 
Beside the door is a beautiful marble bust of a goddess or woman, of 
Grseco-Roman style, with remains of colour on the hair. 
FIRST VASE ROOM. 
This room, and part of tlie next, contain the collection of 
Painted Fictile Vases, discovered in Italy, Greece, and the ad- 
jacent islands, and commonly, though not very correctly, 
known by the name of Etruscan. It has been chiefly formed 
by the acquisition of the collections of Sir William Hamilton 
and Mr. Burgon, and by individual purchases made at the 
sales of the Prince of Canino, M. Durand, and others. It is 
arranged in two series ; — (1) The vases found in Etruria and 
Magna Grsecia ; (2) Those from Greece and the Greek islands. 
I. VASES FOUND IN ETRUEIA AND MAGNA GK^CIA. 
Cases 1-5. Shelves 1-3. Vases of the style mentioned in the 
description of the Temple Collection as of the class frequently called 
Phoenician, or Nolano-Egyptian, with brown figures, chiefly of animals, 
on pale grounds, and with maroon ornaments and incised lines. Shelf 
4. Very early Italian ware, of a dark brown colour. A vessel from 
Albano (No. 1) is in the form of the tugurium, or rustic cottage of the 
primitive inhabitants of Italy, and contained burnt bones. 
Cases G-11. Shelves 1 and 4. Etruscan ware, black throughout; in 
some instances ornamented with friezes of figures, impressed from a 
cylinder. Shelf 2. Vases of early Greek style, with brown or black 
figures relieved by incised lines. Shelf 3. Hy dried, or water- vases, in 
a more advanced style of painting, exhibiting black figures on a bright 
red ground, and subjects chiefly relating to heroic personages, such as 
Jason, Achilles, Hercules, &c. 
Cases 12-19. Shelves 1 and 4; Black Etriiscan ware. Shelves 2 
