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FIRST VASE ROOM. 
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material was employed, and the shapes and ornaments were imitated 
chiefly from contemporary works in bronze, as in Nos. 80 and 82. The 
ornament consists frequently of a frieze representing men, animals, and 
monsters. In the same cases are three specimens of red Etruscan 
ware, on one of which (No. 83) is a frieze with two draped figures re- 
clining on a couch, beneath which are two birds. At the head of the 
couch stands a naked male figure playing on the double flute ; at the 
foot are two vases and a branch. Towards them advances another 
similar figure, holding an instrument, perhaps meant for a strainer. 
Behind this group is a female stretched at full length on a couch, with 
a low table at the side : a naked male figure advances towards the foot 
of the couch. This subject is repeated seven times, and was probably 
impressed from a cylinder. 
FIEST VASE EOOM". 
In this room and part of the next is placed the collection 
of painted Fictile Yases discovered in tombs in Italy, Greece, 
the adjacent islands, and other parts of the Mediterranean. 
For the most part these vases are of Greek fabric, though 
the obsolete name Etruscan is still erroneously applied to 
them in England. Although nearly all of them have been 
found in tombs, they are very similar in form and fabric 
to those actually used in the ancient Greek household. The 
subjects with which these vases are decorated are chiefly 
derived from the divine or heroic legends of the Greeks, while 
others seem to be simply scenes from real life. 
The Collection in this room is arranged for the most part 
in chronological order, commencing with the North and 
East sides of the room. The approximate dates under Avhich 
the successive classes may be arranged are given on the large 
labels over the Wall Cases. The finest specimens are placed 
in or upon the detached Cases. 
Class I. Cases 1-12. Table Case B and cruciform Case P. Yases 
of Archaic style (b.c. 700 — b.c. 500). 
Cases 1-2. Yases from Cyprus, ornamented with geometrical pat- 
terns, and of the earliest style. 
Cases 3-5. Yases of the same style, with patterns perhaps in 
imitation of wickerwork, chiefly from Athens, Corinth, and Melos. 
Cases 6-10. Yases from Camirus, in Rhodes, with geometrical pat- 
terns, or with men and animals, many of which belong to the style 
called by some Nolan-Egyptian, by others PhaMiieian, and which may 
perhaps be most correctly described as Gra^co- Phoenician. 
Table Case B. Terracotta coffin and select vases from Camirus. 
