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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

Hole pierced through body of each horizontally. Heads
rudely cut but with expression ; no detail otherwise.
Lengths 1⅜″ and 1⅜″.

Yo. 0156. Fr. of bronze disc, much corroded. Gr. M.
1³⁄₁₆″.

Yo. 0157. Misc. bronze frs., including pieces of plate,
loop (of wire, doubled), sq. knob, ring, pins, and fr. of
rivet plate. Gr. M. 1⅜″×⅞″.

Yo. 0158. Large pottery jug, with flat bottom, globular
body, and comparatively short neck expanding slightly
to plain rim. Loop-handle comes out at right angles from
neck, about 1″ below rim, and turning downwards at length
of 1½″-2″ falls almost straight on to turn of shoulder.
Round wall of neck have been applied by later hand
three masks of grotesque human type as Yo. 052 ; and
on top of handle, with nose overhanging rim, a horse-
head, of type Yo. 091, but of inferior execution. These
applied orns., too small in scale for the jug, are recent
additions, but of ancient make. Good condition. H.
(to rim) 12½″, gr. diam. 9½″, length of neck c. 4″, least
diam. of neck 3½″, diam. of rim 4⅝″. Pl. I.

ANTIQUES ACQUIRED OR PRESENTED AT KHOTAN TOWN

Kh. 01. Fr. of chunam painted in distemper. Band of
light red-brown on which is outline scroll pattern in black,
representing vine and grapes, very formal and stylistic.
On either side of band, red-brown. Well preserved.
4⁵⁄₁₆″×3⅛″.

Kh. 02. Stucco fr. of L. hand. Long slender outstretched
fingers with long narrow nails, index finger broken, thumb
missing. Surface slip cracked ; back only modelled.
Burnt. Length 3½″. Pl. III.

Kh. 03. Bronze stamp or seal (presented by Mr. Moldo-
vack), triangular with pointed cinquefoil device. Pierced
shank at back. ⅞″×⅝″, h. ⅝″. Pl. X.

Kh. 04. Bronze stamp or seal (presented by Mr. Moldo-
vack), in form of two birds confronting, the heads fused
into one, with beak pointing each way. General form cre-
scented. For more degenerate examples, see Ser. i. p. 119,
Yo. 00176 ; p. 123, Khot. 007. At back a pierced shank.
1⅛″×1⅛″.

Kh. 05. Fr. of charred wood, on one side of which is
rudely cut a human face in low relief. Hair as fringe on
forehead. Shape and proportions of features bad. Make
possibly modern. 2⅛″×2⅛″×1″.

Kh. 06. Carnelian seal. Circular disc, with convex sides,
pierced through middle. One edge cut off straight, and
on sectional surface thus formed, device of fire-altar (?).
H. ⅝″, gr. width ⁷⁄₁₆″ ; face ³⁄₃₂″×1³⁄₃₂″. Pl. X.

Kh. 07. Fr. of carnelian bead ; with quatrefoil pattern
etched on each square facet by a process causing decom-
position of the surface where the lines occur. For examples
of the same process, see Ser. iv. Pl. IV, Khot. 02. q and r.
Gr. M. ⅝″.

Kh. 08. Miniature bone duck, with hole drilled for sus-
pension. Cf. Anc. Khotan, ii. Pl. LI, Y. 002 b. ii. ⅝″×
⁷⁄₁₆″. Pl. X.

Kh. 09. Terra-cotta fr. of potsherd with appliqué mask.
Grotesque lion-face, surrounded by mane ; inferior example
of type Yo. 058. No moustache. 1⅞″×1⅛″.

Kh. 010. Terra-cotta grotesque animal head, L. side
only ; sheep or camel. 1¹⁄₁₆″×1½″.

Kh. 011. Grotesque terra-cotta monkey, head, neck,
and shoulders. High pointed head ; deep furrow between
eyes ; prominent mouth. Beginning of arms broad and
wing-like. 1⅝″×⅝″.

Kh. 012. Grotesque terra-cotta human face. Thick
eyebrows and moustache ; prominent eyes ; nose broken.
On head a cornet-like ornament projecting forward. ⅞″×
1⅜″. Pl. II.

Kh. 013. Terra-cotta monkey-head ; owl type. ⅜″×⅜″.

Kh. 014. Grotesque terra-cotta monkey, upper half.
Owl type. Arms curving forward horizontally (broken).
⅞″×¹⁄₁₆″.

Kh. 015. Grotesque terra-cotta monkey ; owl type.
Hands to face holding small flat object. Legs broken off.
⅞″×⅝″.

Kh. 016. Grotesque terra-cotta monkey. Lower half
and one arm missing. Other arm broken off above elbow.
Large projection at chest. 1⅜″×1⅛″.

Kh. 017. Grotesque terra-cotta monkey-head ; owl
type. ¹⁄₁₆″×⅝″.

Kh. 018. Grey marble fig. of horseman. Hands raised
to chest. Very angular, crudely cut, and badly pro-
portioned. Horse's legs all straight and short ; off foreleg
broken. Saw cuts between rider and horse's neck, and
between horse's legs. 2½″×2⅛″×⅝″.

Kh. 019. Yellow marble seal, in form of rectang. shrine
with pyramidal top. Two hollow mouldings between top
and base. A horizontal notch in each corner of base,
another at each angle of pyramid, and vertical groove
on each face of pyramid. Hole drilled horizontally below
pyramid. Device on bottom face : an animal with long
recurved tail and four legs (shown as two on one side) ;
very crude. H. ⅞″, base 1⅛″×¹⁄₁₆″. Pl. X.

Kh. 020. Soapstone relief fr. Miniature Buddha in
Dhyāna-mudrā. Straight Padmāsana with petals hanging
downward suggesting drapery. Oblong vesica rounded at
upper corners. Head roughly carved ; proportions of body,
good. 1¹⁄₁₆″×⅝″. Pl. X.

Kh. 021. Soapstone relief fr. Buddha face and front of
head, much damaged on L. p. side. Long ears ; Uṣṇīṣa.
Broken at neck and back. ⅞″׳⁄₁₆″. Pl. X.

Kh. 022. Misc. small frs. of jade, flint, agate, carnelian,