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EXHIBITION 
 
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 ancient sculpture 
 Vases and bronzes 
 
 SPINK & SON, LIMITED 
 
 6 KING STREET, ST. JAMES'S 
 LONDON, S.W. 
 
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An Exhibition 
 
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 Antique Sculpture 
 Vases, Bronzes, &c.,&c. 
 
 E G Y P T I A x\ , GREEK 
 ROMAN AND ITALIAN 
 
 From the HOPE, PEEL, 
 
 KENNEDY, CLEPHAN, 
 
 HILTON PRICE, and other 
 
 Collections. 
 
 SPINK & SON, LIMITED 
 
 6 KING STREET, ST. L\MES'S, LONDON, S.W. 
 
 "SPINKOSA, LONDON.' 
 
 Telephone; GERRARD 8426. 
 
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 ANTlgl K MARBLE STATUE OK IIERAKLKS. 
 
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 SOTIi. The Sculpture and other ohjccts herein dcscril>ed arc on x'ieic in 
 our warehouse, a few yards from King Street. Owing to difficulties arising 
 out of War conditions, ice have not been able to display tlient in the way 
 they deserve or that ice should desire. One of our representatives u/// 
 always he at hand to accompany visitors to the gallery. 
 
 GREEK 
 AND ROMAN 
 
 1 — Antique Marble Statue of Herakles. (i ft. S in. high : 
 standing. An ancient Greek statue, probably after a bronze 
 original by Skopas. This noble statue was found in one 
 of the caves at " Deepdene " ; and the fact that it was 
 almost buried in the sand — the slow droppings from the 
 roof of the cave — indicates that it must have lain there 
 for years. From a note in one of the Hope manuscripts 
 it is not improbable that the figure was one of the statues 
 from the Mazarin Collection, which suffered mutilation at 
 the hands of the crack-brained Due de Nevers, the Cardinal's 
 nephew. The Duke was co-heir with his sister, and the 
 story goes that one evening, during her absence, being seized 
 with a " fit of pretended prudery," the eccentric nobleman 
 made a vigorous onslaught on the undraped divinities. 
 Existing hammer-marks and mutilations witness to the extent 
 of the damage done; and' fust such'-.vahdal marks are to be 
 seen on the " Deepdene ••' Herakles*.'' • 
 
 Yet the statue ''rs/.sin^idarly:-<:omple,te, especially as 
 compared with the "b^'dk of Gu^ck ;Vi;!tu4s in the various 
 collections. One may quote in this connection the remark 
 made by Michaelis on the Arundel Collection at Oxford : 
 " Perhaps not a single statue of undoubted origin among 
 them is preserved with its original head— but neither, in 
 truth, can so very many statues discovered in Italy boast of 
 this distinction " (Aiic. Marb. in Gt. Brit., p. 'I'i). The 
 
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 missing or restored portions are the iett hand, the thunih 
 and two lingers of the right, the tip of the nose, and the 
 attributes of the god. Tlie head has never been off, and the 
 surface of the statue, which fortunately has not passed under 
 the scouring hands of the cleaner, has a line smooth patine. 
 The animal's head on which the club rests is original : 
 Reinach supposes it to be a boar. In the group of Herakles 
 and Telephus at .Mehadia in Hungary, and also in the head- 
 less Herakles of Carnuntum, the club is similarly supported. 
 (Sacken's ,-4«///v vSc////)/ ///■(•», p. 45. Archeolo^isli. Ef^if^raf^li . 
 Mi/i/ieiliinfj;cii. viii.. p. 7'A. cited in Reinach's Ref'crtoire). 
 
 "\ smgulai lnsti)i\ and line statue!" writes Prolessor 
 Salomon Reinach in the Revue Aixhculopiiiite (Nov -Dec, 
 1917), where, in accorilance with the approved custom ol 
 placing most antique marble sculpture to a post-Pheidian 
 era, he remarks that it occujiies "a very honourable place 
 in the treasury of ancient reproductions of (jreek bronzes of 
 the fifth to fourth centuries B.C. "There appears to be no 
 doubt." he adds, " that the original was in bronze : the 
 supiiortiiig pillar and the small bands of hair which fall on 
 the shoulders are proof of this : anil that this original dates 
 back to the middle ol the fourth century is demonstrated as 
 much by the expression and type of face as the pose, design 
 and modelling of the body. The influence of Lysippos is 
 no longer felt ; that of Polykleitos persists." {Rev. Arch. 
 Nov. -Dec. lf)17). Reinach finds a striking analogy between 
 the " Dccpdeiic " statue and certain works of Skopas, and is 
 inclined on that account to attribute the tyjie to Skopas 
 rather than l^axileles. His view derives support Irom a 
 comparison of the Hope Herakles with the Skopasian statue 
 ol the gotl at I.ansdowne House and the statue of a young 
 hero in the Hritish .Museum. 1 he motive in all three is the 
 same, and all ha\e ttn; .laiiri.- .^ttrc freedom and firmness of 
 pose. (Fig. 1 ). : ".' •••.•.. 
 
 2 Marble Torso .iof !A43o]lfd.,atti'jbu{ctl. to Praxiteles. I'Sin. 
 high. 1 his profoundly beautifuf torso was lonnd in the 
 Tigris about a century ago and was brought to this lountrv 
 by Sir David Wilkie. from w horn it passeil to Sir Rolurt 
 Peel, the secoml baronet and famous Prime Minister. 
 
 We have the authority ol the elder Pliny for affirming 
 that Pra.xiteles "was more prolilic and therefore more famous 
 
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 as a sculptor in marhlc [t'lii'i '" bronze, " {Xat. Hist, xxxiv. 
 ()9) ; and this lact warrants the expectation that tnany of his 
 works are still extant. But \\ here arc they ? Five or six 
 statues are placed tt) the master, of which one, the Hermes 
 of Olympia, discovered in 1877, is his beyond question. It 
 was described by Pausanias as " a Hermes of marble, bearing 
 the infant Dionysos, the work of Praxiteles," one amonji 
 several ofierinj^s "dedicated in the Heraion " (v. 17. A): 
 and on the site of the Heraion, in Olympia, the statue w a> 
 found. "Our knowledge of the art of Praxiteles." as 
 Furtwanjjler says, "rests primarily on this extant orijjinal." 
 (Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture, p. 307). 
 
 Taking our stand by Furtw angler's pronouncements on 
 the chief Praxitelean statues, we may safely assume that the 
 Peel torso belongs to the artist's maturitv, when he had 
 broken a\\a\ Iroin the inlluenLC of Polykleitos and had 
 attainetl that intimate mastery of the secrets ot niaiblc tet.li- 
 niipie which is so conspicuous in the Hermes. "1 he (.juiet, 
 vertical, unbroken jdanes " which we associate with the 
 work of Polykleitos and the earlier statues attributeil to 
 I'raxiteles, such as the Dresden .Satyr and the Palatine hros 
 in the Louvre, have given ]ilace in the present work to the 
 elusive subtlety of nature itself, a "wealth of soft indula- 
 tions," which, as has been well remarked of the Hermes, 
 " insensiblv carrv the eye on, so that there is no sharp 
 separation between sides and front : " in tact, the impression 
 of soft sensuous beauty has been produceil by gradations of 
 forni so exquisitely subtle that the llesh ajipears to live. The 
 pose is almost identical with that ot the Hermes, from which 
 it ilillcrs in the greater accentuation of the qualities referred 
 to, a distinction to be expected, if, as some have suggested, 
 the Peel torso belongs to an Kros statue. 
 
 The re-discovery of this remarkable work of art — for the 
 attention recently drawn to it is nothing less — has evoked 
 much enthusiasm among artists and savants. .\ famous 
 living painter, recently summetl up his appreciation of the 
 statue in the one w ord " Intoxii. ating ! ' (!' igs. 2) . 
 
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 3 — Statue of Apollo, wearing 
 the Delphic Wreath ; nude ; icst- 
 inji on left Icj^, with right leg 
 shghtly hent ; a tree-trunk to 
 left; 4ft. 9in. high. Hope Col- 
 lection. The soft sensuous beauty 
 of this very human Apollo, which 
 is executed in Thasian marble, 
 suggests rather Apollo Nomios, 
 the god of flocks and herds, than 
 the vigorous hunter and brave 
 warrior, the unerring Far-darter 
 who withers the tender earth- 
 shoots with his burning darts — 
 though the symbols which have 
 been introduced with the figure 
 (the wreath exxepted) are asso- 
 ciated with destruction rather 
 than peacefulness and pastoral 
 plenty. His left hand holds the 
 fragment of a bow, while his 
 right sustains a sheaf of arrows. 
 The figure has an almost feminine 
 softness, yet gives the clear im- 
 pression of anatomy understood, 
 the suggestions of underlying 
 bone and muscle being subtly 
 anil trutlifully conveyed. 
 
 Michalcis states erroneously 
 that the left foot is new. That 
 so painstaking and competent a 
 writer should have stumbled in 
 a detail of such importance, com- 
 bined with the fact that he speaks 
 somewhat disparagingly of the 
 statue, shows that he cannot have 
 examined it with his accustomed 
 care. Both feet are original, and 
 the statue, as another has said, is 
 " an entirely creditable example 
 of late Greek work." (Fig. 3) 
 
 Fig 3. 
 
 .ANTIUIK M.\RBLE STATUE 
 
 01' APOLLO 
 
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 4 — Colossal Greek Head of a Woman or Goddess ; marble ; 
 about 14^ in. high; nose restored. This noble head, which 
 belongs to the finest period of Greek art, may be said to ha\e 
 been re-discovered only last year. Though one of the 
 treasures of the Hope Collection, it had lain buried in the 
 sand-caves at " Deepdene "' until unearthed for the house 
 sale, when its transcendant merits were at once recognizetl. 
 (Figs. 4). 
 
 5 — Bronze Standing Figure of Venus Urania, 14 in. high ; 
 late Greek, louiul in Asia Minor. It may be safelv affirmed 
 that this is the largest bronze Aphrodite of Greek origin (at 
 least with any title to completeness) at present known — 
 jierhaps in existence. The ApJiroditc ivUJi the banded Hair\n 
 the British Museum, with its modest 10 inches, looks small 
 beside it ; and the 5 inch Dresden bronze (attributed to 
 Polykleitos) is insignificant by comparison. The \ enus 
 Urania is cast solid in one piece, and its conditicju, in sjiite of 
 some trifling restorations, may be truly described as superb. 
 The exquisite surface of the bronze is one of its great charms. 
 A beautiful glossy green patine, relieved in places with brown, 
 covers the head, neck, trunk and limbs on the front side ; 
 while the well-modelled back, which is slightly rough, 
 indicates that the figure has lain for centuries on its back, 
 probably on a bed of mud or soft loam. 
 
 The statuette as a whole exhibits the interesting change 
 from idealism to realism which began about the fourth 
 century i!.i:. It is, in fact, an intensely human figure, the 
 embodiment of sensuous yet pure emotion, rather than of 
 Olympian grandeur. But though there is more of the woman 
 than the goddess in the statue, this is of the artist's choice, 
 and many will prize it the more on that account. The 
 question is simply one of standpoint. If Pheidias sought 
 only beauty of form to express bis conceptions of godlike 
 dignity and charm, and deliberately ignored the alluringness 
 which lies in intellectual and emotional expression, Praxiteles 
 and Skopas as deliberately made use of those aids, and thereby 
 emphasized the touching humanness which, to the modern 
 mind, is indissolubly associated with the deities of ancient 
 Greece. The artist of the Venus Urania adopted the latter 
 method. What he has given us is a woman in the guise of a 
 goddess, rather than a goddess in human form. His con- 
 ception of divine beauty is loveliness blended with emotion, 
 
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 aiul his work appeals directly ami ot iieccssitv to the soul no 
 less than to the intelleet. Herein, indeed, lies its chief 
 charm. 
 
 On the preciosity of this unique bronze it is needless to 
 enlarge. Like any other supremely precious object, its worth 
 is just what the keenest admirer is prepared to pav for it. We 
 know from history that large prices were paiil for such 
 treasures even when money was much scarcer and before the 
 objects themselves had the charm of antiquify to recommend 
 them. If Cicero, in his oration against \ crres, tells the 
 judges that a sum equivalent to lO.OOO dollars was given in 
 his time at a public sale for quite a moderate-sized bronze — 
 il, more than l.SO years ago, ,S(),()()0 dollars were given for an 
 antiijuc bronze head of an unknown man by the then Queen 
 ol Spain, a luinccss ol I'arma if, according to common 
 report, hom ZU.UUO to 100, UOO dollars were paid for the 
 beautiful but e.xtensively coiroded statuette of a winged Kros 
 bv the late I'icrpont Morgan then assuredly the \'enus 
 I rania licic deputcii and dcM.iibc(l is worth a \er\ large 
 >uni iiuiccd. 
 
 h'or this, may \\ e not ^ay ."' is a gotldcss to li\c witii ; a 
 c(jmpanionable tieity ; the bronze expression ot womanlv 
 emotion as a Greek conceived it ; a thing ol beauty and 
 sensibility that must yield iicrennial delight to its possessor. 
 
 The ligiirc is mounted on a turn-table and contained in 
 a specially ilesigned ebony cabiiut in llic loiiit. style, with 
 lolding doors. 
 
 6 Bronze Figure of Aphrodite. I _' in. high: Roman. 
 .Mounted on siena m.nblc square |iliiitli. I'tokinaii. jiciiod. 
 Found at .\lexandria. 
 
 7 Roman pear-shaped two handled Vase and Cover in the 
 
 rare green " straw " poipli\r\ : IS^ m. high : i.ii\iilai toot. 
 
 8 Roman Mural Painting ol the Augustan period, 3S in. 
 bv .'U in. 1 here are three w ell-painteil females ligures in 
 the tomiiosition . one ot whom holds an mtant. •■'■^.■t 
 
 9 Greek Mural Slab in m.irhle. 1 .-> in. b\ S in. with 
 clearly cut toin-hne inscription. .M\ci Collection. 
 
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 10 — Sandstone Head of a Youth, slij^htly less than life size : 
 wavy hair: 8* in. high on circular ehonized plinth. 
 Clejihan Collection. 
 
 11 — Sculptured Fragment from old Palmyra in the form of 
 three busts in alto-relievo : the centre one damaged. Roman, 
 with oriental influence, 21 in. by 14 in. 
 
 12 Small Marble Stele. 9 in. by 8| in.: Greek. The 
 well-preserved inscription reads: "Th. K. Hieron. Markos 
 the steersman of Nicomedia, aged 75 years. Dionysios, the 
 son of Hieron, buried him here at his own expense." 
 
 13 — Antique Statue of Poseidon in coarse-grained marble, 
 Roman. First to third century A. n. 5 ft. 2 in. high. The god 
 stands in an easy posture and probably held originally a sea- 
 shell in his right hand and a trident in the left. His other 
 emblem, a dolphin, stands on his right in an erect posture. 
 Roman work. The only missing portions are the nose, left 
 forearm and right hand. The head is of one piece with the 
 trunk. Found at Byblos. 
 
 14 — Colossal Marble Head of a Young Roman. 20 in. 
 
 high : on marble socle. A well-sculptured head with thick 
 curly hair dropping well over the forehead, and curved, 
 rather sensuous lips. The head is complete, even the nose 
 being uninjured. Hope Collection. 
 
 15 — Antique Torso of a life-size Statue of Hermaphrodite 
 or Apollo, about 3 ft. high. Grctco-Roman : 200-100 H.c. 
 The pose of this tine torso is easy and restful, the left arm 
 reclining on a draped support. A portion of the drapery 
 hangs in front of the figure concealing what remains of the 
 left thigh ; a second portion drops behind so as partially to 
 cover the loins. We speak of the piece as a torso, the 
 existing head being too much weather-worn to be taken into 
 serious account ; but the pose of the head is natural and full 
 of grace. The statue was brought to England in the earh' 
 part of the nineteenth century, and seems to have been 
 removed to one of the sand-caves at " Deepdene " about 
 forty years ago, where it remained half buried until the sale 
 in September, 1917. Hope Collection. 
 
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 16. Antique Marble Head of a 
 Roman Youth, pi ulnil^ry one ol llic 
 sons of Augustus. /Contemporarv. 
 9i in. hijili, in ui4iite stone socle, 
 (jrenfell C'ollct^ion. A charminylv 
 artistie little^ead. ''Fiji. I^i^- vWi^ 
 
 17 Marble Head of Cicero. 
 
 Heroic size : nose restored : mended 
 at the neck. .\ careful e.xamina- 
 tion has ciuite satisfied the writer 
 that this head is not, as suggested 
 by Michaehs, a copy of the Apsley 
 House Cicero once in the posses- 
 sion ot Cardinal Fesch. Though 
 roughly agreeing as to measure- 
 ments, and obviously a portrait 
 of the same person, the model- 
 ling differs in essential particulars. 
 The moutii of the " Deepdene " 
 head indicates greater mobility, 
 and more nearly resembles the 
 mouth oi the Cicero in the 
 Museum ot the Capitol at F^ome : 
 the eyes have a nobler, kindlier 
 expression; and the ears show 
 better modelling. The hair, 
 also, is more carefully elaborated, 
 recalls, indeed, the Capitoline bust, though it differs 
 from it sufliciently to iireclude the idea of replica or 
 copy. 
 
 The conviction that the head represents the same person 
 as is portrayed in the .Apsley House bust is irresistible, and 
 since the latter is authenticated beyond all ciuestion by its 
 ancient inscription, the name of the great orator and consul 
 may be attached to the Hope portrait with absolute confi- 
 dence. Some original portions of the broken neck, which 
 have been less cleaned than the rest of the bust, afford 
 additional and convincing evidence of anticpiity. \ he socle 
 is in marble and may be contemporaneous with the head. 
 Hope Collection. 
 
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 18 — Antique Marble Head of a Woman, probably one 
 of tbe Muses, beroic size, on marble socle. Roman. 
 The expression of the face is pleasinj.;, and tbe hair, 
 which is bound by a broad band of ribbon, falls over the 
 forehead in graceful waves. Height, without socle, about 
 14^ ins. 
 
 18a Marble Bust of Cara- 
 callus. Life-size .•\.i). 211 — 
 217. The restoration of this 
 fine bust, which was one of 
 the treasures of the house 
 sale of Hope Heirlooms, is 
 almost confined to the nose. 
 It was removed from the 
 sand caves after the great 
 Christie sale. 
 
 19 — Portrait Bust of a 
 Roman Lady, probably Julia 
 Domna : marble : second — 
 third century A.ii. The wavy 
 hair falls low over the fore- 
 head and drops in queues 
 on either side the head. 
 The drapery of the bust 
 is in variegated marbles. 
 Good Roman work. 19i in. 
 high : on marble socle. 
 (Fig. 19). 
 
 20 — Roman Statuette of a 
 
 draped Woman. 42 in. high, 
 
 nose and left hand missing. 
 
 The right hand is looped in the upper folds of the 
 
 stola, which hangs gracefully over the tunica. Hope 
 
 Collection. 
 
 PORTRAIT BUST OF A 
 ROMAN LADY. 
 
 21 — Marble Head of Agrippina the Younger: life-size: 
 Roman. A strong, intellectual face, well sculptured. The 
 restorations are considerable, but well done. Butler Collec- 
 tion. 
 
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 22 — Graeco Roman Statue 
 of Aphrodite; r>7 in. lii^li : 
 marble . A j^raLcfiil ami 
 bcaiititul statue, follow iiij^ 
 the type known as Aphrodite 
 pudiquc. The j^otlcless has 
 laid aside her robe, which 
 hanj^s over a vase at iier teet. 
 Thouj,;h considerably re- 
 stored, the figure is far more 
 perfect than most of the 
 statues of this period. Mope 
 Collection. (Fijf. 22). 
 
 23 — Alabaster two^andled 
 
 Urn w it li domed liil. Roman . 
 20 in. iii^li. The alabaster 
 is the beautifid banded 
 stone known as oriental or 
 ony.x alajjaster. Hope Col- 
 lection/ J(y{oL 
 
 24 Two-handled Roman 
 Vase in aiabastci, wiili 
 domed lid. 2Sh in. high. 
 The foot iR made uji in 
 wood. H()|ie Collection. 
 (FiK.24). 
 
 25 Marble Torso of a 
 Youth. 24 in. high. Gricco- 
 Koman. Butler Collection. 
 
 26 — Porphyry Tazza on Cir- 
 cular Stem, the toot with 
 square base. 11 in. diam., 
 14 in. diam. mounted on 
 lluted rectangidar base ol 
 jireen marble. 
 
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 27- Greek Marble Fragment of Dolphin and Eros. This 
 
 line fragment was one <il the t hiel tieasures m the "Collec- 
 tion of Dr. H — " which was sold at the Hotel Druot, Paris, 
 in May, 1910. It was illustrated in the sale catalo}i;ue and 
 realized 1 ,.^.^(1 h ant. s. 
 
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 28 Marble Cinerary Urn w itii ilonu'd lid ami satyr liaiullcs. 
 Roman. 17 in. lii}i;li. I Ik- hodv ol tlic urn is L-nriched 
 witli lloral scroll di-ioration . 1Io|H' COIIi i tion . (Fig 28). 
 
 29 Large Bronze Bowl with IIiUlhI bronze rectaiiKnlar foot, 
 loinul at C'ittado\a in C alaliria in Jnly, 187f). Hcijjlit, witli 
 foot 27 ins. : tliani. at rini 22 ms. : j^rcatcst diani. 2!) ins. 
 Butler Collection. 
 
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 30 — Tazza-shaped Marble Vase. 18 in. diam. at rim, with 
 snake-like twisted handles and medusa head on the inside. 
 The outside ot the vase is plain, but from the medusa head 
 radiate leaves almost to the curved margin. The head is 
 well carved, and the vase beautiful in form and treatment. 
 Hope Collection. (Fig. 30) 
 
 31 — Colossal Votive Foot in Hnest Egyptian porphyry. 
 35 in. long. Roman. A remarkable and artistic piece in 
 fine condition. Hope Collection. (Fig. 31) 
 
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 32 — Roman Bas-relief in Iij^yptian red porpliyry, 7| in. bv 
 Gjiii. Ciipiil witli 1)()\\ aiut arrow. 
 
 33 — Marble Memorial, Roman. Circa .v^^. 200. 20i in. high, 
 11 in. witlc. riic memorial beaix^ie inscription: " In 
 memory of Lucfus Otacilius CelsvfS, son of Lucius OtaciHus 
 Cclsus, son of Lucius, lived 2'A days." Decoration in liigli 
 relief with heads and scrolls. From the collection of the 
 late Matthew Arnold. (Fig. 'S3) -Jrix 
 
 34 — Bronze Situla or Bucket, witli slightly rounded sides 
 and tlouhlc loose handles l\ing Hat to the rim of the vessel. 
 Cireek, U'l ins. high. Deeply chased helou the attachment- 
 points of handles. A line, rare piece hom the Kennedy 
 Collection. 
 
 35— Red Figure Krater. 1,^ ins. high. Seated Dionvsos, 
 with Maenads, hros and Satyr, 1 lo|ie Collection. 
 
 36 — Red Figure Krater 12.;^ ins. high. Triptolemos seateil 
 ill his w iiiged car between Hermes, whose petasos is thrown 
 hack behind his head, and Demeter, who bears a torch. 
 Hold, beautiful work. Reverse, two Ephebes and an older 
 man. Illustrated in 1 ischbein's Collection ot Kngravings 
 Irom .Xnuent \'ascs. I. S. (Fig. 'Mi). 
 
 37 — Red Figure Bell Krater. 12A ins. high. A four-ligured 
 coniiiosition, consisting ol a voiith with thyrsos, two half- 
 ilraped girls and a satyr ; re\erse, two ephebes. The 
 prini.ipal design is freely and charmingly drawn. The vase 
 l)el()iigs to the line juriod. C irca .SOO-400 H.c (Fig. 'M). 
 
 38 Greek Amphora, with wide lip, red hguies on black 
 grounil, honevsuckle (iiii.imeiit imder the handles, and 
 gadrooning round the lip, 11 i in. high, llerakles in the 
 (iartlen ol the Flesjierides Late .\tiic. about 400 w.c. 
 I'aiifax Murra> Collection. (l""ig. 3^). 
 
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 39 — Greek Amphora, with wide lip, red 
 ligiirc 1)11 blai.k ground. 13 in. liigh. 
 Obverse, a group of* four figures, repre- 
 senting a X'ictor, seated, witli women in 
 attendance Above a winged Nike with 
 wreath, l^otli liantlles missing, otherwise 
 a well-preserved \ase. Dr. C'haiiing I'icrec 
 Collection. 
 
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 40 — Sculptured Marble Column, circular, 
 with e()n\ entionai toliate ilecoration. 4 tt. 
 liigh. Koman. 1 Ioik- Collection. (Fig. lU). 
 
 41 — Marble Tazza, 17i in. diam. with 
 e.xterior rilibed ornament radiating from 
 the centre ; on sculjitured marble column, 
 circidar, witii conventional foliate decor- 
 ation. Total iieight 19A in. Roman. Hope 
 Collection. 
 
 42 Ancient Roman Wall-tile, hom an 
 
 interior frieze. 15i in. b\ IH >" : \\ith 
 
 bas-relief representing two husbandmen kig. 40. 
 
 gathering grapes. ^„^,^^. m,^k„,.k 
 
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 EGYPTIAN 
 
 43 — Limestone Statue of Uah-a or Uah-su, Sciilic of tlie 
 offerings of the King, the Conductor of the Festival of Osiris. 
 Late eighteentli Dynasty (c. 1550 B.C.); about IH in. high. The 
 statue bears an inscription in hieroglyphics continued in four 
 parallel columns round three sides of the figure, and com- 
 mencing : " () ye living upon earth, priests, readers, divine 
 fathers, iSrc," and invokes a blessing from the god I'tah on all 
 and sundry who shall say the cryptic Hcstit liu hclf^ii. The 
 inscription runs : " May the god Ptah, of the south of his 
 wall, reward you as you say; [assuring] a sepulchral meal, 
 bread, beer, oxen, geese, clothing, incense, ointments, to 
 the Ka of the Scribe of the olTerings of the King. I'ah-a," 
 &c., &c. The expression " the god I'tah, of the south of the 
 wall " shows, says Mr. F. W. Read, that the statue comes 
 from Memphis — an interesting fact, as most of these statues 
 are from riiches. (Fig. 43). 
 
 44 Limestone Stele of Taharqa, the Tiihakah ol the Bible, 
 25th Dynasty, n.c. (i5)3 ()()(>, 14 in. high by 12 in. wide. 
 Clephan Collection. This royal stele is acknowleiiged bv 
 F^gyptologists to be more interesting than the stele of the 
 same king in the Cairo Museum. The Cairo stele, which 
 was found by peasants digging for siibak/i, was described bv 
 Maspero in ihi: Aniuilcs ni the Itgyptian Service of Antitiuities 
 (iv. 179). The inscriptions on the two stehc agree line for 
 line and character for character (a very unusual thing), save 
 that a feu words occur in the last line of the Clephan stele, 
 which are omitted in the Cairo duplicate. The addition, 
 says Mr. Joseph (Milord, renders the Clephan stele "more 
 
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 valuable than the Cairo one, because it looks as it Taharqa 
 had ordered the addition anil the Hrst {I.e. Cairo) stele was 
 rejected, or iierhajis the scrif)e of the Cairo one left the 
 hier()}jlvi")hics out and was ordered to make a fresh copy." 
 
 Another jioint may be noticed. The text of the Cairo 
 stele twice speaks of a coterie of b gods, instead of the usual 
 threefold trinity or J), and Maspero thought this was an error. 
 The Clephan stele also speaks of 6 gods, antl thus has a 
 special importance as supporting the correctness of the Cairo 
 reading. It is hardly likely that the scribe of the Clephan 
 stele and his employers would have left the numeration 
 uncorrected. 
 
 45 — Ptolemaic Egyptian Alabaster Vase, 17^ in. high. 
 44 in. in circumfereni.c ; ovoid body, with incurved rim anil 
 rudimentary handles ; the socle, also in alabaster, is of later 
 date. A'ery line. Hope Collection. (Fig. 45). 
 
 46 Colossal Seated Figure of the Egyptian God Sekhet, 
 
 in black Inisalt, (i ft. liigli. I'lom the lamous avenue ot 
 Sekhet figures at Luxor. Hope Collection. (Fig. 4b) 
 
 47 — Ancient Egyptian Mortar, in basalt, with projecting 
 ears at rim. 11 in. in diameter. 4.^ in. high. I'rom Bubastis. 
 Hilton Price Collection. 
 
 48 — Early Dynastic Egyptian Mortar, in basalt. IH i". 
 diamcti r, ()', in. high. 
 
 49 Ancient Egyptian Vase, in red and w bite mottled stone. 
 
 IH in. diameter, ol depressed spheriial torm, with two 
 massive ears on slunililci . biarly or iire-dynastii . Rustaljacll 
 Collection. 
 
 50 — Ancient Egyptian Shallow Bowl or Pouring Vessel, m 
 
 basalt, with three square rudnncnt.ii\ li. indies .md spout. 
 1.'^ in. Ill iliametei . 
 
(■) K I N c, ST., S 'I'. JAMES'S, S.W. 
 
 Fig 45. 
 PTOLEMAIC EGYPTIAN ALABASTER VASE. 
 
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 colossal skatki) fkukk ()!■ tiik 
 E(;yi'Tl\n god skkiii t. 
 
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 51 — Painted Wood Group, representing a domestic scene in 
 an Egyptian House or Courtyard ; from an Egyptian tomb at 
 Benihasan, Eleventh to Twelfth Dynasty. The group con- 
 sists of 6 figures, one of whom is killing an ox ; others 
 are kneading dough, carrying water, grain, and so forth. 
 Measurement of base 23 in. by 9^ in. In glazed case. 
 
 52 — A Sepulchral Boat, in sycamore wo^od, with galley-like 
 prow antl stern post ; 20 ins. long. Amidships a canopy 
 supported by four poles with Horus-headed capitals. In the 
 centre a figure of Isis with Horus in her lap. The captain 
 holds the rudder-shaft, his left hand extended as if to give an 
 order to the 8 rowers, whose feet are encased in retaining 
 b(jxes. Twelfth Dynasty. (As illustrated). ^oi.Ji 
 
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 53 — A Sepulchral Boat withS rowers ami steersman, painted 
 in red and w liitc tempera, 'A^ in. long. From a tondi at 
 Benihasaii. 
 
 54 — A Sepulchral Boat with liijih prow, in sycamore wood, 
 
 painted in red and black, and ornamented with jirimitive 
 geometric design, 2 ft. long. Tlic boat is manncti by si\ 
 rowers. Tenth to Mlexenth Dvnastv : found at Sakkfira. 
 
 55 Finely Modelled Egyptian Head, in white phister, the 
 hair and accessories tinted ; from a tomb of the Roman 
 jierioil. in yhized case 12^ in. by llij in. ''-''■-. 
 
 56 Libation Table or Altar, in calcareous stone with .^ lines 
 of liieroglypbs. recording that it was dedicated by the 
 " Governor, keeper of tiie writing of the goddess .\laat. 
 divine interpreter," &:c. Probably of the time of the i'yramiil 
 kings. 10' in. bv 13'. in . 
 
 57 Case of Egyptian Gods, cS;c., comprising lignies ol 
 Hast, .Meiitu, Sokhet. Neith, ()siris, Aniihis. .\nien-lla, 
 .Mnt, cS:c. 
 
 58 Case of Egyptian Gods, cVc., comprising figures of 
 Isis with Hoins, 1-em-hetep, Khonsu, i!\.c. 
 
 59 Limestone Sepulchral Stele. 11 in. high by 7 in. wide, 
 with ca\() relie\() repi eseniation ol the deceased making an 
 oliering of loot! anil drink : above, two lines of inscription. 
 Eighteenth Dynasty, from Ihelies. Field-.Marshal Lord 
 
 Cirenlell s Collection. 
 
 60 An Oblong Sepulchral Wood Box and Lid, 12 in. long 
 
 by () in. wide, containing xotixe liesses ol h.nr. Figures ol 
 goils, etc., and inscriptional matter on the lour sides anil lid. 
 From 'Ihebes. I'ield-Marshal Lord (jrcnfell's Collection. 
 (Fig. GO). 
 
 61 Sepulchral Wood Box lor a I shabti ligme, 12.^ in. high 
 by 10 in. wide at b.ise. The bo.\ is furnished with a lid and 
 painteil in coloured tempera with figures of Anidiis, Khepera. 
 ckc. and inscri|nions. From Thebes. Fielil-Marshal Lord 
 (Jreidell's Collection. (l"ig. 01). V «-CoC^ 
 
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 AND CHINESE 
 
 62 Graeco-Indian Bas-reiief in carboniferous rock-stone. 
 
 IS ill. loiiu In 1 ' in. ikcp. I lie worsliip ol Buddhist relics. 
 I'ouiiil ill llie Swat \ alley. Suitably mounted. 
 
 63 Graeco-Indian Bas-relief in carboniierous rock-stone. 
 IS in. lonjj; bv .S' in. dee|i. llie Temptation of Buddlia. 
 A jrroup of dancinji lijjures with cobras and conventional 
 lotus scroll. Suitablv mountetl. Found in the Swat \ alley. 
 
 64 — Graeco-Indian Triangular Baff relief in i. ai boniteroiis 
 
 r 
 
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 ock-stone, carvetl with a winded aiiiiiKil .') Iiipp:)campus. 
 4 in. bv Bs in. Hope Collection. , -^ ■<. 
 
 65 Graeco-Indian Carving in caiijoiiiterous rock-stone. 
 23ji in. lon^ by 7 in. hiyh. .\ comb.it between horse and 
 foot soldiers. Hope Collection. . ^ ,, 
 
 66 — Graeco-Indian Carving in carbi-nnlerous rock-stone. 
 Kiin. lonji bv S{ in. Iii^li. .\ winged lijiure on lion, ele- 
 lihant to rijilit. I lope Collection. li-'.'- 
 
 67 Graeco-Indian Carving iii i .iibonilci oiis rnt.k-stone. 
 lb in. ionjj bv S in. deep. 1 wo seated li;iuies, one holi^inji 
 (!') palm leaf." J yiJL 
 
 68 Chinese Alto-relievo, in marble. 11 in. hiuh by (i in. w ide. 
 Two ligures ajjainst shaped backjirouml. Circa lOOO .\.l). 
 
 .\n inscription on the Jiroup records that the persons repre- 
 sented gave the piece to the temple as a thank-oif cring on the 
 birth of a son. 
 
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 69 Carved wood Figure of Silenus, lifteeiith or early six- 
 teentli century seated on a wiiie-skiii. 16i in. high. A 
 remarkable carving, probably north Italian, coated with 
 tempera, on which may still be seen remains (jI the original 
 gilding. A piece of high interest and importance. (Figs. G9) 
 
 70 — Renaissance Marble Statue of David, 3 ft. 9 in. high, 
 by Domenico Pogeni. Circa 1545, from the ancient " Palais 
 Royale " in Taormina, Sicily. The palace belonged originally 
 to the Duchess of Santo Stefano, and was twice destroyed 
 during the Rev^olution for the Italian Independence (1848- 
 (iO), when the statue sustained certain injuries. (Figs. 70) 
 
 71 — Cire-perdu Bust of Seneca, 
 
 eyes. Mounted on bronze socle. 
 20 inches. 
 
 after the antique : glass 
 Height, including socle. 
 
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 72 Head of an old Man in Wax, litc-sizc. A \ci\ early, 
 inohahly si.xtcciuli Lcntmy C()i\v ol tlic famoiiN iiDitiait licad 
 in the Vatican, ascribed to the Rcpulilican iHiiod. Ilci^ilit 
 with pedestal '22 in. (I'iu- "-' 
 
 73 Pair of carved Wood Centaurs, about 14 m. hi^ih. one 
 siiriiioiMited by an Hros. A very line earlv p.ni in splendid 
 condition. (li^s. 7.'^' 
 
 74 — Italian bronze Head of Trajan, sixicenth centnrv, with 
 carved wood bust oi the same period ; 1 U in. hij^h.on ebonized 
 socle. 
 
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 75 Empire copy of the famous Bartolini Boar in >tatii;ir\ 
 marble : 4 It. 7 in. Iiijjli by S tctt Imijj;. This line- t-ojiy, 
 whit, h is tliouj^lit to liav c been executed l\v 1 liorw alcisen tor 
 riioinas llo|ie, the banker-eolleetor, was one of the treasures 
 at " Deepdene " until the sale ot the Mope heirlooms in 
 ll»17. 
 
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 Vases and Bronzes 
 
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76 — Antique Marble Statue of Aphrodite in Parian marble, 
 6 ft. 3 in. high. Grieco-Roman. From tlie Hamilton Pahice 
 Collection. Excavated bv Ga\ in Hamilton in 1764 from 
 the vault of the Barberini Palace in Rome. (Miiller's Anc. 
 Art and its Remains, p. 477). This very noble statue, 
 which Waagen describes as "an admirable anticjue example 
 of the Venus of the Capitol," stood until recently in 
 the place of honour on the great staircase of the Duke's 
 palace, having been placed there about a century and a half 
 ago. Gavin Hamilton, writing to Lord Shelburne in 1776 
 (January 6th), says: "The large Venus I had in my possession is 
 now on its way to Scotland. The Duke of Hamilton fell in 
 love with it the moment he saw it and secured it immediately. 
 It is a fine thing." 
 
 The statue easily takes its place beside the better-known 
 and equally noble version of the same subject, the world-famous 
 Venus de Medici, at Florence, the original of which, in spite 
 of Burckhardt's pronouncement, is now generally ascribed to 
 Lysippos. The two versions differ only in the attributes of the 
 goddess : the Venus de Medici has for her attributes the 
 dolphin, the Hamilton Venus an urn and drapery. The two 
 replicas belong to the same period and may well be by the 
 same hand. Here we have the typical embodiment of woman- 
 hood as conceived in the Hellenistic age. If the Venus of 
 Milo gives us the beauty which springs from the divinity of 
 womanhood, the Hamilton and Medici Venuses give us the 
 beauty of external form — what has been aptly called "the 
 humanly human rather than the humanly divine." (Short's 
 Hist, of Sculp., p. 112. The statue is wonderfully complete, 
 the only restorations being two of the fingers. The patine 
 is smooth and unpitted. (Fig. 75). 
 
77 Antique Statue of Apollo with the attributes of 
 .Esculapius, the j)od of medicine. Parian marble. 6 ft. high 
 (full). Grsco-Roman. Found in the Island of Lemnos. 
 The god, nude, is represented in a standing posture, the right 
 leg drawn liack : his right hand holds a bow, his left a sprig of 
 laurel. A tripod to right supports a vase ; a serpent, erect, 
 fills the space between the legs of the tripod ; the dihimys of 
 the god is thrown over a support behind the bow. The 
 statue was purchased in 1829 by the then Duke of Buckingham, 
 and Michal'lis, who saw it in 1877, speaks of it as "this fine 
 statue" {Aiic. Mart, of Brit., p. 3U1). Waagen, thirty years 
 earlier, uses preciseh' the same term in his account of the statue 
 in the Stoiir Catalogue (cf. Introd. Notes, 422, 451). The 
 condition of this very beautiful statue is quite exceptional, the 
 restorations being quite intinitesimal. (Fig. 76). 
 
I- 10. 77. 
 
/» — run lengtn c>tatue or a Koman L.onsul : n tt. t> m. higli : 
 Parian Marble. 2iui lo Isl Cent. B.C. Tlic Consul, fully 
 robed in tunica and toga, is in tbc act of spcakinjr: his left 
 hand, extended from the elbow, holds a scroll : his rijjht 
 supports loosely the end of his toj>,a. An extremely able 
 example of Gra'co-Roman sculpture, purchased in Italy bv 
 the Duke of Buckinjjham in 1S29. Until recently it was one 
 of the treasures at Hamilton Palace. A dij^niiied, artistic 
 statue, in very perfect condition. (Fijj. 77). 
 
 79— Red Figure Hydria (B.C. 450-400), an Auletes playing on 
 the double jiipcs or /euge, the tibiae pares of the Romans ; on 
 either side two Greek warriors. 15 in. high. The subject 
 may represent the Combat of Eteocles and Polynices, the two 
 sons of Aedipos, in which case the central figure may be one 
 of the furies ; but there is something in the attitude of the 
 helmeted warriors, both of whom are otherwise naked, which 
 suggests a ritual dance. There is a good deal of inscription 
 around the figures, which, it not "love names," may give the 
 key to the subject. 
 
 A vase of great importance and interest, the finest of all 
 the vases in Lord Swansea's collection; slightly broken at the 
 lip, hut no part missing. Siiiqle/oii Abbey Colleciioii. (Fig. 78). 
 
80 A Gra;co-Roman Head of Apollo wcaiinj^ wrcatli: 
 Parian marble. Sin. Iiigli. Rcliiicil ami (.liarminjj; woik. 
 Sin(r/c/t»i AhhcY ColUxtiofi. tFi<j. 7Jt>. 
 
 81 A Roman Memorial Tablet in niarblc. SI by 5,' in. 
 Insciibcd: c. sKMrRoMvs s.xhhio. sii.i . i r . .\ntiio. annvii kt. 
 AvcTo \ ni MKNS. VI. VKRNAci issivs. Siitf^lctoti Ahbcy Col/ictioii . 
 
 82 A Roman Memorial Tablet in marble. ID.^ b\ 10 in. 
 Insci ibcil : i>.m HAKiii\ s riii.nrnn.\ .s. o\ i . .\in. . .\.\ . x.wi . \ i.\ . .\n 
 
 LX. l-KCKKW liKKKI) . THHOI'HII.A . I'llll.KTK . KT . Tlll-t )l'n HAS . 
 HILAKVS . I:T.\AI.I:RIAK VKNV STAK. CONIVCl . I-IVS . H.M K Sinfj;/cf()ll 
 
 Ahhcy Collection . 
 
 83 A Roman Memorial Tablet in marl^k . iil M. \ ietoiins. 
 13 by 8.^ in. 
 
 84 Another, erected to C Kremlins. 12^ by S in. 
 
 85 Silver Vase, witli jH'ar-sliaped bodx and eiri.nlar loot. 
 Hi in. bi^h. I{\ia\aled at I'iniliam, in Nortolk. 
 
 Messrs. Si'iNK Cs; Son ba\e aKo recently aeijnired tbe 
 Earl of Home's fine eolleetion ol (jreek. Roman and 
 Renaissance Engraved Gems. 
 
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