Schliemann, Heinrich: Troy and its remains: a narrative of researches and discoveries made on the site of Illium, and in the Trojan Plain (London, 1875)

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that the large handles, which are not solid, have been fused
on to it. On the other hand the gold bottle and the gold
cup mentioned above have been wrought with the hammer.



No. 241. Eronze Cup used in China for Libations and Drinking.

The Treasure further contained a small cup of gold
alloyed with 20 per cent, of silver, that is. the mixed metal
called electrum* It weighs 70 grammes {i\ oz. troy), and is
above 3 inches high, and above z\ inches broad. Its foot is
°nly I of an inch high and nearly an inch broad, and is

attention to the " key " ornament round the cup, which is so well known
ln the purest Greek art, as a sign of Chinese influence on the art of
Western Asia and Europe. Mr. Lockhart also reads Chinese characters
on some of the Trojan whorls. We are under a deep obligation to
Mr. Lockhart for his spontaneous offer of this very interesting illustration
of one of the most striking and (as we before supposed) unique objects
discovered by Dr. Schliemann.—[Ed.]
" Plate XVIII., No. 248.