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the amphorae found at Kara-dong.¹⁴ About 50 yards to the west I was shown the spot where the
remains of paper manuscripts previously brought by Abbas had been found. Two small fragments
in Brāhmī script (M.T. 01-2), one of them of a Pōthī leaf, were recovered here in my presence and
confirmed his statement. We may accordingly accept as correct his attribution to the same spot
of the miscellaneous remains above mentioned. In addition to a small wooden tablet, bearing
three very cursive characters, apparently Tibetan (Samp. 05, Pl. XI), and the remains of a painted
silk banner (Samp. 04), showing part of a head in faintly visible outlines, they comprise two
fragments (Samp. 07, Pl. LXXVII) of a woollen tapestry border, woven in well-preserved colours
with a bold and interesting pattern.

SECTION II.—LIST OF ANTIQUES ACQUIRED AT KHOTAN

ANTIQUES SAID TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM YŌTKAN SITE

Yo. 01. Pottery. Terra-cotta bottle, shaped like pilgrim
bottle, with short expanding neck and mouth, small
handles tucked under spreading lip, flat base. Each side
decorated with fully open lotus occupying whole surface ;
two rows of petals with grotesque human head in centre
closely resembling Yo. 052, and Ser. iv. Pl. III, Yo. 0024 n.
Bands of herring-bone pattern divide two sides. Surface
coated with rich red glossy slip resembling quality of
Samian ware. The grotesque is applied and has no slip
over it. Very good work. 6″ × 4½″ × 3⅛″. Pl. I.

Yo. 02. Pottery vase ; small circular, flat bottom, short
neck expanding slightly to mouth with thickened rim.
Greatest circumference 1″ from ground. Red, blackened
by firing ; surface unsmoothed and sand-encrusted.
H. 2⅓″, gr. diam. 2⅓″, diam. of mouth 1⅓″. Pl. I.

Yo. 03. Pottery vase ; small, circular, roughly made.
Shaped like Yo. 02, Pl. I, but with slightly thickened rim
only at mouth ; no neck. Hole in bottom. Buff, browned
by firing. H. 1⅓″, gr. diam. 1⅔″, diam. of mouth 1″.

Yo. 04. Fr. of neck and handle of terra-cotta vessel,
wheel-made. Neck outward-curving with ogee rim. Handle
comes away gracefully from below rim, dropping to meet
bulging shoulder.
Decoration :—on flat upper surface of rim, series of
punched rings with dot centres ; round middle of neck,
three incised lines ; on side of neck, appliqué conventional
rosette with broad wedge-shaped mass hanging from centre ;
round base of neck, punched rings as on rim ; on shoulder,
downward incised lines alternately single and in pairs,
the single lines flanked on each side by a row of punched
dots (leaves).
Thin, good quality. Wedge-shaped mass hanging from
flower is akin to 'jewels' of Yo. 031 ; cf. also 'seed-
vessel' of Ser. iv. Pl. VIII, A. T. v. 0039, &c. H. 4″, arc
at bottom of fr. 4⅔″, thickness ⅓″ to ⅓″. Pl. I.

Yo. 05. Fr. of neck of terra-cotta vessel, expanding
towards rim (lost) and shoulder. Decoration :—round
neck, two bands of three incised lines, about ⅓″ apart,
with three circles with dot centres stamped at irregular

intervals between them. On shoulder, remains of similar
circles. Above, remains of appliqué orn. : a pair of half-
closed leaves curling downwards from upper edge, with
conventional rosette between. Decoration carelessly done.
H. 4″, diam. 2″, thickness 1″ to ¹⁄₁₆″. Pl. I.

Yo. 06. Fr. of side of terra-cotta vessel. Near lower
edge, broad raised ridge, running horizontally and notched
along apex. Above, appliqué fig. of corpulent man,
squatting with knees wide apart and feet together resting
on ridge.
Both hands on breast holding down narrow band of
drapery (?) which flows R. and L. over arms. Dress
otherwise consists only of narrow loin-cloth, ankle-boots,
and three bangles incised on each wrist. Head lost.
Gr. M. 4⅓″, thickness ¹⁄₁₆″. Pl. I.

Yo. 07. Fr. of terra-cotta fig., possibly human, with
pointed basket hanging from R. shoulder ; or tail-less
Gandharvi, with human R. arm coming from under wing.
Casting of R. half only ; head and feet missing. General
shape, a tapering half-cylinder finished off sq. at narrow
end. Diam. here ⅓″, at shoulder end (broken) 1⅓″. Back
covered with small incisions, usually indicating fur or down ;
remainder of body with grooved lines, tapering, or running
parallel, towards narrow end.
The pointed obj. has two transverse incised lines near
tip, suggesting binding at bottom of basket. Otherwise
it is marked exactly as the wings of hoopoes and other
animals in this and Serindia collection, with edge of
circular patch conventionally representing the short upper
feathers, preserved at shoulder end. Cf. winged horse,
Yo. 088. a, Pl. II, and Ser. iv. Pl. II, Yo. 0030. b, 0061.
Length 2″. Pl. I.

Yo. 08. Fr. of neck of terra-cotta vessel, with Bacchic
figure appliqué. Pose of figure suggests atlas-like sup-
porters found in Gandhāra friezes.
Seated on the ground the figure has L. foot planted with
lower leg vertical ; R. leg missing but prob. bent and
resting flat ; side of knee and ankle touching ground.
Body inclined to R. p. Head ⅓″, turned slightly upward