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CASE R. BOWLS, CUPS, ETC. 
Div. 1.— Pottery . Two stands for vases, hollow through¬ 
out, of a deep red colour. 1 ft. 4| to 1 ft. 5\ in. h. 
Div. 2.— Basalt , arragonite , green 'porphyry , <^c. 
Paterae, or bowls, differing in depth and diameter. One 
bears an inscription relative to Atkai, trom whose tomb 
many other of the objects in the collection have been taken. 
Others have rims. 4| to 2§ in. h., 11| to 5| in. dr. 
Steatite , arragonite .—Small flat vases or cups, in shape of 
the fish chsetodon ; one has the scales and fins elaborately 
indicated. 4| to 4fin. 1. 
Arragonite . Vases or cups in the shape of the shell 
Indina Nilotica. 5 to 4| in. 1. Ahydos . 
Arragonite . Small vases in the shape of wine-glasses. 
41 to 4 in. h. Abydos . 
Div. 3.— Porcelain. Large blue bowl: on the exterior, 
fourteen petals of flowers in a dark blue outline ; in the 
centre of the interior, a square divided into eight triangles, 
the alternate ones being darker, surrounded with un¬ 
dulating lines; from each corner arises a stem of five 
flowers of the lotus or papyrus, alternately placed. 10 
in. dr. 
Porcelain. Semi-globular bowl of a light greyish pur¬ 
ple colour; round the rim is a horizontal line of hiero¬ 
glyphics inlaid in white—“ . . . like the sun, lord of 
diadems, Amon-mai Rameses. ... of the king, like the 
sun, lord of the world, the sun, guardian of truth, ap¬ 
proved of the sun, giver of eternal life.” Beneath, a 
horizontal band of circular flowers, and on the base, the 
calyx and expanded petals of the lotus, coloured light 
blue and red. 4 in. dr., 2§ in. h. 
Terracotta. Round cups, on feet; they have three 
holes in the lower part of the body, and were probably 
used for incense. 3| to 2| in. h. 
CASE S. VASES. 
Pottery . Vases of Greek manufacture, generally co¬ 
loured of a light red, but occasionally dark, with the 
figures of birds and animals, Etruscan borders, and other 
patterns. 
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