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T. xliii. k. 015–17. Wooden writing-slips, broken and
blank. 10⅜″×⅜″×¼″. 5¼″×¼″×¼″. 6¼″×¼″×¼″.

T. xliii. k. 018. Fr. of wooden writing-slip, with
traces of Chinese characters. Perished. 7⅛″׳⁄₁₆″׳⁄₁₆″.

T. xliii. k. 019. Fr. of wood ; prismatic section, plain.
Angles trimmed off at one end (broken). 2⅜″×⅜″×¼″.

T. xliii. k. 020–2. Frs. of wooden writing-slips,
plain, all broken. Largest 4⅜″×⁵⁄₁₆″×¼″.

T. xliii. k. 023. Wooden spatula, broad at blade end
and tapering to other, which is rounded. Slightly curved
both laterally and longitudinally. 7⅝″×1″ (blade).

T. xliii. k. 024. Wooden writing-slip, pointed at one
end. 5⅛″×⅜″׳⁄₁₆″.

T. xliii. k. c25. Wooden peg, prismatic, sharpened at
one end. Grotesque face in black outline at broad end.
Cf. T. xliii. j. 01, and Ser. iv. Pl. LII, T. vi. b. i. 003.
5¼″×¼″×¼″.

T. xliii. k. c26. Wooden lug or handle, of lacquered
elliptical bowl. Inside red ; lug and outside black with
pattern in red lines consisting of border lines, chevrons
and circles. Each circle has two concentric inner circles
and a central dot. These appear to be applied either with
a stamp or some other mechanical appliance. Broken and
weathered. 4⅜″×1⅜″. Pl. XLVII.

T. xliii. k. 049. Horn seal (?); sq., with rounded back
pierced for suspension. No device. Strong
twisted woollen cord through suspension hole. Face ⅜″
sq., h. ⅜″.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED AT WATCH-STATION T. xliii. l.

T. xliii. l. 01. Fr. of pottery ; from nearly straight
sided vessel. Thickened and slightly out-turned rim ;
faintly ribbed inside. Very fine clay, buff, glazed with even
light brown. 1⅜″×2″×¼″.

T. xliii. l. 02. Fr. of pottery, similar to T. xliii. l.
03, but band of glaze narrower. 2″×2⅛″×¼″.

T. xliii. l. 03. Fr. of pottery ; from wall of small bowl
with simple thickened rim, slightly everted. Porcelainous
buff body. Glazed brown inside and out in broad band
reaching nearly to bottom. Lower part unglazed. Con-
stituents of glaze seem to have partially separated after
application, resulting in a mottled and streaked effect,
of liver brown, dark green and black. Very hard. 2⅜″×
2⅜″×¼″.

T. xliii. l. 04. Fr. of base of glazed pottery bowl,
with ring-foot. Body fine, hard, grey, with black glaze
which stops at edge of flat bottom on inside, and ⅜″ short
of base outside. Outside lightly ribbed, horizontally.
Gr. M. 2⅜″, thickness of wall c. ⅜″.

T. xliii. l. 05. Fr. of glazed pottery bowl, like pre-
ceding, but reddish with dark green-brown glaze. Gr. M.
2″, thickness of wall ³⁄₁₆″. Pl. XLVIII.

T. xliii. l. 06–9. Four frs. of porcelain bowl, with
ring-foot. Hard pale-grey body, covered each side with
bluish-white glaze ; under-glaze floral decoration in dark
blue. For similar ware, see Ser. ii. p. 773, T. xi. 002, &c. ;
and for similar ware and decoration, Ser. iv. Pl. IV, T. xl.
001 ; So. 0051.
09 (largest fr.) shows bottom orn. inside with flower
composed of thin stamen-like lines radiating from centre,
and ending each in long drop-shaped blob. Round outside
of flower, pairs of thick scrolls or voluted leaves, and long
smudge (accidental). Whole contained within fine double
annular line running round inside of bowl. Outside shows
(in 06 and 09), above, lower part of flower like that inside ;
below, thick broken lines or dashes running horizontally
round bowl, and faint line round junction with foot.

Under-side of base, within ring-foot, glazed pale-grey with
brown circle under glaze.
07 and 08 (frs. of wall with plain slightly out-turned
rim) show on outside, at top, thick festoon (?) band, from
which hang flowers like the above described, with thick
horizontal lines below. Inside rim, series of elliptical
blobs above faint double annular line. Then plain glaze
down to beginning of pattern on bottom.
For other frs. of bowls of precisely same ware and decora-
tion, see T. xlii. g. 05–6 ; i. 01–2 ; o. 03, 05–7 ; xliii.
e. 01 ; and for other pieces mostly of slightly finer ware,
or different decoration, but of same type, T. xxiii. d.
010–13 ; xli. g. 07–21 ; o. 01–2, 04 ; xliii. l. 010.
Diam. of base was 2⅜″, h. of bowl c. 2⅝″, diam. of mouth
c. 4⅜″. Gr. fr. (09) 3⅝″× (h.) 1⅝″ ; average thickness
between ⅛″ and ³⁄₁₆″. Pl. XLVIII.

T. xliii. l. 010. Fr. of porcelain ; from plain rim of
bowl. Thin white body, with bluish-white glaze, and under-
glaze leaf (&c.) decoration in blue. Similar to T. xli. i.
01, and T. xli. g. 011, 020. Gr. M. 1⅜″, thickness (without
glaze) ¹⁄₁₆″.

T. xliii. l. 011. Wooden spatula, with very short straight
handle. Roughly cut, flat. Blade 1⅜″×⅜″, length of
handle ⅜″.

T. xliii. l. 012. Fr. of woollen (?) braid ; light buff,
strongly woven. 4⅜″×1″.

T. xliii. l. 013–14. Two frs. of woollen (?) fabric ;
fine. plain. 013 dyed greenish-blue, 014 (irregularly)
indigo blue. Gr. fr. 6⅜″×3⅜″.

T. xliii. l. 015. Fr. of glazed pottery jar (in two pieces)
showing plain rim (unglazed on top), and long loop handle.
Neck and body of jar almost on same plane. Handle very
slightly projecting ; flat ellipse in section, wide at top and
narrowing towards bottom, corrugated vertically on outer
side. Body gritty, buff ; glaze each side, brownish black.
For fr. of similar jar, see T. xli. g. 028–31. H. 4⅜″,
width 4″. Pl. XLVIII.

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