New-York tribune., 1873-05-23

49, .vi.tanca vsthdrawn from the grave and set
an the mil light OF day in land 'l"' ""'N nv
Nved was only dim fahe oi sno pO0'
The visitor ought especially TO eN'ilo '"o A'ui4lo
heads In red terra-cotta. one near Peio0" 'e oe"er
elightly damaged these arc pure NrooA ART auu SNOW
-. ho,v hespt, NAV pe made immortal. Another bust
fhat will necessarily excite greet curiosity Is the mead
NJ the Colossus OF G0gos Of which hGiPeTs AGgaz'"e
ve MS an admirable illustration TIC statue to which
5 ,onsrous head balongs . feet high and stood
or uedstal OF which the rront with bGsrelief rep
reser,3ng man drlvny herd OF cattle, also
acrvod and is IN the gallery with the statues This bas
,rbas great archaeological interest. being in the
.s-,r style az once recalling even the Unlearned.
,be Nineveh slahs. Even the arust may find some
hfnr 70 admire IN the way IA which the action Of The
running herd Is gwen.
e statues and statuettes Of the highest interest.
and carry US back througa all varying phases OF the
story Of cyprus would he useless % attempt full
absorption only they almost innumeraDie
ut they OF great number Of types aud there mas
ben time Tor only partial classification They are OF al
sizes toe nom lue-sze down 20 little figures that cou0
srand at ease on the small oval Of lady's PALM The
finest Of the statues IS The Of which good engrV
su is given n Harper page pos II represents youlh
aupy draped with wreath about head covered WIN
abort curls branch for sprnkinc in one hand ana 10
xhe other a lox OF incense. probably. We ma TINS
statue the finest but there are others equally interest,"
ing indeed. who can exhaust their interest
ehem are SO odd that Il IS dlIlouiV no'
e. believe tsn caricatures probably we are Wateh
ing In this long series the Development OF 1ne AT VI
sculpture IN island. In one of the cases, nueo W
Cesnoa has arranged in order, staueiUes OF venus II
-, o,r,iesr .i.e some Of them most amusing. but the
series eliminates several t'e hsures oI 1e PuoS
Greek po..ud The MOST exquisite execution One ol
sln pde,e ID sl ae that story the sculptor was most
.ser n roess H. and offered TO give in exchange Tor II
an oxact cogv in marble Mr. Hitchcock, in speaking OF
hese st,te, savs that no museum pos-esSesa hhgle
+tpe NJ re-Iod remote many OF these; ana some
81 fep ar l far The oldest known to exist untl TINS
discover those taking precedence IN age were Assyr1an
u.atyes In tire British Ma,cum, and Egyptian statues
dating from the eighth and fourteenth centuries B. Co
respectively
on the same floor with the statues and busts arc two
large rooms filed with rhl lcian and Greek vases ana
lamps wit various hne specimens Of the larger vessels
u,sd for holding wine o milk, aud water The general
character of he contents Of each in these rooms is
Indicated by clearly written card. and the intelligent
visitor study their contents with Interest ana proht
rnaidod fa TO be struck with the fact that
wherever finds beauty Of form or ornament whether
a. vases or 'amrs, the larger Jars there the tnscrp
son tells him that he looking on the work Of Greek
R,pds The examples Of PhUnlcian pottery in In
c-siible number-they are OF every grotesque shape
mo which a pinch turn OF twist cay DuI'
beautiful or graceful forms rare, and the ornamental
ZION is made up OF circles, single or concen-
cipany birds, drawn without other skill than
sb.t which knows or feels how TO keep q sort Of sym
netry and proportion. Two three curi0es Of orna-
nlcntation may be pointed On Of these vases,
nir Gladstone, the English Premer-himsef an anna
teur Of proficiency in pottery and in ceramics gen
eray-f0uud what he takes TO be the earliest repre-
sanitation Of the peacock Another has rude, but no
uoubt fuithfu enough picture Of boat and on third
Elers is an odd bit OF pictured m0razng, explained
D. O symbol. An arrow pointed toward living crea-
fre sgn that about 70 die, on this vase, hen'
water-brd has seized fish, and the dsh has caught
a. while its turn, the bird is falling prey 70 the
aunter u is to be noticed too that though the Greeks
soded the clay that the Phnnicians used
into delicate. strong, graceful forms, they were al
vavs striving after finer material, and in the samian
ware and other kinds Of which there plenty of ex
smpes here they produced works Of the finest quality
both nnsh FORM and decoration. The variety Of the
Greek vases cups and bottles, is always variety in
Beautiful f0rm while the PhGncian variety is variety
pf whim often purely grotesque and fantastic The /
Z sitor must not fail remark a filed with vases IN
rcd clay i is the southeast room, between the win
d8w open the sculpture gallery, which are OF
Tie very family have been SO long familiar with.
Cudgr the of Etr1scan vases. Every shape mere,
every detail ornament, will be recognized by any one
who has made himself acquainted with such books as
7ioses's Antique Vases, HamttOns Vases, Engeteld's
Vases &c Strange to find them unearthed in Cyprus
o. Tar removed from Italy Which region the native
t4nd Of the manufacture
Before leaving the rooms Of the vases the visitor must
not a % study Gttenuvey the glass that stands IN
che front room before the window. Here are several
esrheuware vessels Of Phnuician make and Of great
rarity chiei among them gourd-shaped bottle with
womaus mead lor the mouth, with queer, perking,
o.d-maidIsh P4Uu.lian expression. This gOurd and /
another OF more common shape stand upon what ap-
rears % O. sud OF furnace heating apparatus In
fhs case too are several finely shaped Greek IN
ereamc0ored clay, and cup-a specimen wholly unique
showing an experiment in covering pottery with a !
EsEe The artistic value Of this specimen equals It's /
values both design form it Is very fine;
che aro sreathed the ivy and the vine.
For Ourselves no portion the ceramic antiquities in
abs collection given more pleasure than the lamps
They little variety in FORM though perhaps no
tVo exactly alike, but there Is great variety III the
o-namentatIou. They almost all shallow; there IS
hut that really deep-capabe Of holding gH OF
oil tits noticeable that this one and the two three
ohers that Grc Of moderate capacity entirely with
ornament and clumsy ia shape. Some have One !
two handles. In some the wick comes directly !
ou hole pierced in the clay In others there is noz
Es But the shapes are exhausted, and we fall
% study the ornamentation. Wreaths OF olive OF
uyrtle-zuly one Of vine and vlne-Dunch, but
Ga; extremely pretty the eagle with the
tAunderbolt most spirited and sculpturesque
cophns. one with a slm-huked anchor between Two
d0Qhins. ACsOn with sprouting horns striking
down dog who flies at him; made Of fine red clay.
Vh most admirable little bas-reet, quite worthy Of
Agem-outter-shows a naked faun who stands by his
1s, which be has Just shared dolphin, and standing
On up-tOe shouts his companionshe holds the dol
9hn his shoulder Another has rhinOceros throw
ing dog into the air. another lion with the head Of
under his FOOT while he sares at the shepherds
another there is locust feeding the grapes Endy
u0n sleeps beneath the IEuropa carried OF by
Oe bull; there arel several Approximations Of