The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-22

hands on his breast; vases, bull-shaped and with
eyes inaid; .oenochoes OF globuar form. orna-
mented with the masks OF lions; egg cups, with
double handles, and pater9, Ornamen with
open work triangles.
RED AND BLACK GLAZED WARE.
These are Ornamented with indented designs,
ancient style. Among them are to be found
amphorn gobular and otherwise; lekythi, with
three feet, and In the shape Of birds and animals;
vases OF various shapes, including the gosuiar;
OenOchoes, with nat handles ana gOurdS, with
double necks and twisted handles.
RED WARE, WITH BLACK PAINTED ORNAMENTS.
Large and small cups, globuar 0enochoes, with
concentric rings, and seDochoes or an extremely
arising frsm the body, and gourd-shaped vases
without number constitute this variety OF ware
UNGLAZED WARE.
In this department the searcher will encounter
wine amphore, vases OF greatly contrasting
shapes in the shape OF pears. covered with
markable ef Is one In Greek STYLE black and
purple, on yellow ground; stag grazing and
bird with womans head and Outspread wings, the
loot missing.
The collection Of lamps is very fine. We have
altar, a panthers skin, wreaths Ivy and birds,
graduated basin. vari0usly stamped MOWERS and a
girl kissing young man. beneath then caduceus
OF gray clay.
TERRA-COrTA STATUETTEs.
Among these are discernibe two small figures
with cOnical bases. One OF these figures repre-
sents musician playing on double hute. The
coors are black and red. Cyprian Venus wears
movable earring, both hands resting under the
Another Cypran Venus, crowned, wears rich neck
lace, and leans against slab. The feet broken.
There is also small grotesque figure of child A
group represents young man wearing petasus
and leading horses, the head OF one or the horses
being broken. A goddess, Kuratr0phas. seated on
throne, carries child 10 her arms. The height
is three anu half inches. What remains OF
statuette indicates young woman with diadem,
wearing a brooch, necklace. and earrings, and
carrying in her hand patera raised to her
breast. bearded man carries ram on
m Gnr
US with young woman dressed In
an ampechonium and two venuses, with triple
necklaces, pressing doves against their bOsoms.
The statuette OF woman 1.-THE Dust broken) bears
in her right hand an 0biOng object, dentlatea on
one side. Both her arms are Ornamented with
bracelets and the two ends oil long bandlet APP
pears under her mantle This statuette is twelve
and one-naf inches in height. The head OF a he'll
meted and bearded warrior has the hair and
pointed beard curled. the eyes and upper lip being
painted black. This is very precious specimen OF
archaic workmanship, the Museum Of 81, the Louvre
small head or the same kind Is still more carefully
executed. The helmet Is formed with rings OF
A head OF Venus wears rich earrings and o turban,
ornamented in front with knob initiating
precious stone: Another head Of the same kind
and an acorn Is attached to the necklace. In one
bust OF Venus the arms are indicated merely by
stumps.. mask Of Venus has wavy hair, and the
diadem is ornamented with eight acorns. OF vari-
Gus BULBS heads several are painted and fixed on
cOnical bases.
GREEK TERRA-cOrTA FIGURES
Some very curious specimens are found among
the Greek terra-cottas. We have the statuette OF
q woman wearing bracelets and pressing three
apples against her breast; head OF goddess
wearing o diadem and earrings, which consist Of
medallions, with triangular appendages, and
double necklace; q fine head OF q yelled woman,
the nese and earrings injured; statuette Of q
seated muse playing on a Tyre, the upper part Of
which is broken; young woman sucking a child,
whose head is covered with cap; child prob
ably Cupid, lying down and carrying on his left
arm what looks like large alabastron; small
hnn dnfo m vail a NJ ri In q
dem, ornamented with rosettes; small yelled
head Of woman belonging to the earliest Egyptian
period, most admirable and valuable specimen OF
Greek art, and miscellaneous collection OF statu-
cites OF actors, dogs, children, women and gro
tesQategfe OF various kinds.
TERRA GOTTA FIGURES OF THE PERIOD OF DECLINE.
This depar tment Is not SO extensive as some OF
the Others. Among the more interesting speci
mems are a statuette Of a naked child seated ;
another seated child, dressed in tunic, holding
an apple in his lett hand and q bird in the other
height ten inches similar figure, the boy resting
his LETT hand ON his knee; numerous female heads
and votive feet; heads of yelled women with neck
laces and earrings; the head OF a goddess with the
halr CURED IN the shape OF dladem, anu the
bust OF young man dressed in tunic, and wear
ing radiated diadem.
ENAMELLED WARE AND PORCELAIN.
Numerous little Egyptian figures and amulets in
blue and yellow porcelain are found here; to-
gether with bowls OF white Fayence, with papyrus
leaf ornaments; busts OF Egyptian women, green
ground, with black hair; q funeral statuette OF
Osiris, and hieroglyphics, green porcelain; an en-
amelled vase, green ground, with black inlaid or
toned ornament is the largest specimen known
Of this ware, the height being nine and half
inches.
GLASSWARE.
The most beautiful specimens OF the entire col
lection are found In the glassware, the Greek
vases among which are peculiarly interesting we
ind Opaque amphorG, biue, yellow and green;
Opaque hydria, blue, yellow, white and green,
blue yellow and white, with transparent white
handles; annuated amphorR, shaped like the bedy
OF bee or green glass with brown mouths, the
hnn 1lna nf fnrn mnfl horn
with opaque light blue handles, in perfect state
oil preservation; large nagons, pear-shaped, with
long necks covered with green and blue rides
cence; cups with ornaments, in relief, OF foliage,
and inscribed with Greek toasts; large bottles with
nat Hated handles and indented circlets; smaller
vases, with similar handles and OF amber-col0red
glass; gobular lekythei with nat handles, some
shaped like pears and with the handles crinkled;
beautiful blue fagons, apple shaped, encrced with
white spiral lines IN relef greenish 1ag0ns APPLE
shaped, exquisitely iridlzed with green and dark
blue tints; pear-shaped nagons, with dazzling
melon, with funnel-shaped necks, and countless
paterR and cups OF all shapes colors and modes OF
ornamentation. some are very light drinking
glasses, with ribbed bodies; some are vases, with
compressed sides; some are bowls encircled with
raised lines; some are funnel-shaped; some have
their bases ornamented with small dots in relief;
some vases taper toward the top; some bear In
cised circles, and some glow like vitrited rainbows
with dazzling, metalic-like iridescence. Some OF
the large transparent patera In an admirable state
OF preservation, are twelve inches in diameter.
There are also short sticks for stirring liquids,
screw-shaped, with rings These were all found in
the metropolis OF Idalium.
CHALK STONE.
No archHologfst can complain that the chalk
stone statuettes are not very valuable and inter-
estlng. Among the more prominent examples be-
longs the statnette OF an Egyptian king, wearing
the pschent, the hair ornamented with two aspics,
the left hand closed and resting the breast, the
right hand holding what Is evidently weapon, the
lett leg stepping forward The feet are broken,
the nose and chm are slightly injured and there
are traces Of red paint This figure is OF q very
remote antiquity, Is very carefully executed and Ii
OF the highest Importance Tor the study OF archeol
ogy. We merely invite attention to the more
prominent members OF the Gladstone group
when We mention beautiful chds head,
with thick tuft Of hair behind the
right ear, the hair and mouth painted
red, belonging to the Greek style OF the best pc
Rod; goddess, with the head or a ram, seated on
throne and dressed In long tuAic exceedingly
interesting to one enamored OF the study Of the
Cyprian mythology; the body OF dove, with the
bust OF Pan, playing on the flute, an artistic
sculpture OF the ancient style. This strange
metamorphos1s OF Pan, by-the-by, Is unknown to
antiquaries.) large archaic head OF Apollo, the