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colours. Clouds outlined light buff. Blue introduced
in bands of warp. The two selvedges are worked in
vandyke pattern. Warp-rib weave.

Patched into one edge is piece of silk of different pattern
(see L.C. 07. b). Garment lined with finely woven plain
green silk (detached); brittle and ragged. Width 7½″.
Circumference c. 24″. Original width of figured silk,
between selvedges, 18″. Colour good. Pl. XXXIV.

L.C. 07. b. Fr. of figured silk, patched into L.C. 07. a.
Pattern shows in centre a pair of confronting griffins
between enclosing scrolls. Heads of griffins, reverted.
Each holds up one fore-paw. Between heads, frs. of leaf
orn. suggesting 'tree'. Enclosing scrolls turn into volutes
below griffins, and contain stylized grinning beast (?).

At lower part of fr. an arcaded effect of two large arches
with a pair of small ones between is produced by weaver's
distortion of cloud scrolls. In large arches (of which one
is present) is the semblance of two winged sheep-like animals
kneeling on either side of a 'tree' or altar. At upper
part of fr. are two confronting birds with outstretched
necks, and above these, parts of cloud scroll. Colour,
light blue, green and two tones of buff on crimson brown
ground. Warp-rib weave. 8½″×3½″. Pl. XL.

L.C. 08. Fr. of figured silk, with pattern of Chinese cloud
scroll, suggestive of 'tree-coral' formation, meandering
across fabric. In the bends are alternately : a flying duck
with neck stretched down and head reverted, and a winged
lion with massive open jaws and big teeth, striding to L.,
in yellow and green outlined red.

Tree in yellow, red and green, outlined red and pale
yellow. Chinese characters are dotted about, repeating
in the length, and changing in the width. Ground dark
blue. One edge has selvedge of yellow and bronze; the
other edges are torn or cut. Warp-rib weave; colours
brilliant and well preserved. 13″×6″. Pl. XXXIV.

L.C. 09. a. Fr. of plain silk fabric (taken from bundle
of rags, L.C. 09. b), rich red, with border of plain buff
silk sewn to it. Four unequal-sized square beads of
some very hard metallic substance are drilled with small
hole and stitched to fabric. Beads resemble pyrites.
Ragged and rotten. 10″×1′ 6″.

L.C. 09. b. Bundle of frs. of plain silk fabrics, mostly
white and buff. Very ragged and rotten. Best-preserved
fr. 1′ 6″ × (selvedge to selvedge) 1′ 6¼″.

L.C. 010. Fr. of woollen pile carpet, in two pieces.
Similar to L.C. ii. 09. b. Colours crimson, pink,
green and brown. A band of brown 'latch-hooks' on
yellow-green ground. Very rotten; colours good. Gr.
fr. 10½″ × (gr. width) 2″. Pl. XLIV.

L.C. 011. Fr. of leather, thin, white (kid ?). Brittle.
3½″×1⅛″.

L.C. 012. Wooden jug with small ring-handle; carved
in one piece, and not lathe-turned. Body ovoid, cut
flat at bottom; upper end drawing in somewhat to short

neck, and expanding very slightly to plain rim, flattened
on top for thumb, like ordinary teacup handle.

Outside coated with red paint, much scratched. Sand-
encrusted but unbroken. H. 4⅝″, gr. diam. of body 3⅛″,
diam. of mouth 2⅛″, of bottom 2″. Pl. XXIX.

L.C. 013. Circular bronze mirror; with hemispherical
boss pierced for cord, in centre of back, rising from plain
disc in very low relief and of slightly larger diam. Surround-
ing disc is ring of cable pattern and then plain raised ring.
Between this and raised outer border of mirror (plain
and 1⁄16″ wide) is a band bordered by two rings of cable
pattern, and showing in relief eight different Chin. chars.
(for reading, cf. Appendix I) separated alternately by
a spiral (cloud) and a lozenge. The spirals spring from
the outer ring of cable pattern.

Face slightly convex. Good condition. Diam. 3⅛″,
thickness at edge fully ⅛″. Pl. XXIV.

L.C. 014. Bronze button with large loop shank at back.
Front, a hemisphere (lotus ?) with hole in centre, and
plain flat border around. Good condition. For another
of same type, see L.A. 033 (Pl. XXIII). Diam. of head
7⁄16″, depth over all ⅜″.

L.C. 015. Bronze ring, round in section. Oxidized but
otherwise perfect. Diam. 1⅛″, diam. of section 3⁄16″. Pl. XXIV.

L.C. 016. Nail-like iron object, flattened, and slightly
spreading at one end. Corroded. Length 2⅛″, width c. ¼″.

L.C. 017-20. Misc. bronze frs. 017-18. Small frs. of
mirrors. On 018 part of band of linear orn. and prob.
Chin. chars. ⅜″×⅜″. 019. Fr. of hollow rim of
vessel. 1¼″×¼″×1⁄16″.

020. Embossed circular plate, gilded. Pattern, rounded
raised edge, and raised ring round depressed centre.
Two small bosses opposite each other on face of outer
raised edge may be remains of attachments. Diam. 9⁄16″,
section 3⁄16″. Pl. XXVI.

L.C. 021. Circular bronze mirror. Hemispherical boss
as in L.C. 013, pierced for cord, in centre of back. Raised
outer border, ⅜″ wide, chamfered on outer edge and orn.
on sloping inner edge with line of vandyke orn.

Within: band of simple rayed orn.; then plain band
between thin raised rings; then wider band orn. in relief
with alternate plain oblongs (in outline) and circles (in
mass).—eight in all.

Apparently silvered back and front; now mottled with
corrosion. Diam. 2⅟16″, gr. thickness ⅛″. Pl. XXIV.

L.C. 022. Embossed gold-foil disc, on iron base.
Pattern, incised ring. Iron already corroded. Gold, ⅜″
diam. Iron, diam. 1″, thickness 3⁄16″. Pl. XXIV.

L.C. 023. Fr. of bronze button or stud, with loop shank,
and domed head which has nearly all disappeared. H. ¼″.

L.C. 024. Flake of stone, pale green, translucent, prob.
jade. Surface eroded. Edges thin. 1 3⁄16″×⅛″×¼″.

L.C. 025-7. Misc. bronze frs. 025. Fr. of edge of
mirror, plain. ⅜″×⅜″×¼″. 026. Fr. of field of mirror
showing band of ray orn., plain raised band, &c. ⅜″×⅜″×