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ragged. For other frs., see L.C. i. 06, 07. (a) 1' 2" × 6¼";
(b) 1' 6" × 1' 6".
L.C. i. 03. Fr. of felt ; yellow, laminated approximating
to soft paper in appearance. Much perished. 6" × 2¾".
L.C. i. 04. Fr. of woollen fabric ; red, coarse plain
weave, as L.C. 038. Sand-encrusted. 8" × c. 1".
L.C. i. 05. Misc. frs. of plain silk, generally fine texture,
buff crimson, and blue, much faded. Remains of sewing
on many. Much perished. Gr. fr. 2' 6" × c. 2".
L.C. i. 06. Portion of padded cotton garment, in several
frs. Strong plain cotton cloth, buff, padded with layer of
loose felt and lined with plain light buff silk. Horizontal
and vertical bands of figured silk, applied to front.
Pattern : Chinese 'vermicular' cloud scroll, stepped
and slightly angular in treatment, with grotesque beasts
and birds ; generally much faded, only blue and buff and
traces of green remaining.
At R. a winged dog-like beast with open jaws springs
downwards to L. In front of him a plump partridge-like
bird, standing, at right angles to general line of beasts.
To L. a striding leopard, mottled and marked with three
roundels on body, with Chinese lapidary char. over his
back and another below forefeet.
Next distinguishable feature is the pronged element
with Chinese char. to R. ; to L. a monster resembling in
pose the third form R. in L.C. 07. a, and pronged element
to L. ; two Chinese chars. are respectively R. and L. of
monster. Beyond this nothing is clearly distinguishable
but angular scroll and the pronged element.
The above description of pattern is compiled from several
frs. Cf. also L.C. 07 (Pl. XXXIV) ; iii. 04. c, 017. b, 018
(Pl. XLII).
There is evidence from another fr. of the colouring
being rich copper ground, buffs, blue, and dark green.
Fr. of burnt bone found with garment. Very ragged and
perished. Gr. fr. 1' 8" × 1' 3". Pl. XLII.
L.C. i. 07, 07. a. Frs. of padded garment, similar to L.C.
i. 06, of which it appears to be a part. The only fr. of reco-
gnizable pattern has the partridge as in L.C. i. 06. Very
faded and garment rotten. c. 2' × 9". Pl. XLII.
L.C. i. 08. Fr. of woollen pile carpet, rather coarse,
woven in red, brown, and tones of dull yellow. Only part
of pattern recognizable is two bands of 'latch-hook',
2¼" apart, with hooks turned reverse ways. Length of pile
about ¼", and six shoots of weft between lines of pile.
Faded. 1' × 1' 2". Pl. LXXXVII.
L.C. i. 09. Three frs. of figured silk. Pattern : tree-
coral cloud scroll with occasional naturalistic floral out-
growths. To R. near selvedge, winged leopard in pose of
Mycenaean lions, head reverted to R., crimson body
spotted with yellow roundels. Thin upward curled tongue
issues from open jaws (or this may be a continuation of
tail of next beast). Near jaws a Chinese lapidary char.
Level with head of leopard, a short winged sheep,
standing to L., with a single horn, upright on its head,
or it may be one of the ears. Body, part green and part
yellow according to change of warp, outlined crimson,
hoofs crimson. Facing sheep but on level of leopard,
large headed, horned, and winged monster with short
pendent tail, near which is Chinese lapidary char. A varia-
tion of 'horseman' pattern, L.C. iii. 011 (Pl. XXXIV), q.v.
Colour perished, but probably yellow, with crimson
roundel on flank. From scroll behind this beast springs
thin stalk bearing two leaves and a flower. Remainder
of pattern missing.
Ground blue, with scrolls of yellow, crimson and green.
Remains of plain buff silk lining. Faded, perished and
ragged. For well-preserved colour, see L.C. iii. 011
(Pl. XXXIV). Gr. fr. c. 8" × 8".
L.C. i. 010. Fr. of figured silk in two pieces. Lozenge
all-over pattern similar to L.C. v. 027. a (Pl. XLIII).
Well preserved. 4¾" × 1¾".
L.C. i. 011. Fr. of cotton damask ; pink, close-woven,
three pieces sewn together. Ground woven in small rib ;
pattern in large broken twill giving effect of chequer.
Design : lozenges repeating in rows, each row separated
from the next horizontally by a chevron line of chequer-
work. Chequer-weave of lozenges themselves is broken
by four small roundels, woven in small rib-like ground,
and disposed diamond-wise within field of lozenge. For
similar damask, see L.C. v. 02. b.
Torn, but well preserved. 9⅜" × 6¾", lozenge 2⅜" × 1⁵⁄₁₆".
Pl. XLII, LXXXVII.
L.C. i. 012. Fr. of woollen (?) fabric ; red, plain weave.
Good but good colour and texture. 5" × 4¾".
L.C. i. 013. Fr. of plain silk, buff, fine texture ; ragged.
3¾" × 2".
L.C. i. 014. Wooden stick ; trimmed round, expanding
slightly to one end, which is then cut to very flat point.
Other end cut to similar point, groove cut round stick
¾" from it, and hole (¼" diam.) drilled through just within
groove. Length 1' 3¼", diam. ¾". Pl. XXIX.
L.C. i. 015. Fr. of wooden buckle from harness. Flat
piece of wood, roughly oblong, but one end broken off
(at beginning of slit). Other end expands slightly into
curved end, finishing in ogee point. Long slit transversely
through this end, forming D. Surface orn. with rows of
small incised circles with dot centres. For complete
example, see L.C. iv. 02 (Pl. XXIX). L. 3¾", gr. width 2¾",
thickness ⁷⁄₁₆".
L.C. i. 016. Carved wooden leg of food-tray, like L.C.
iv. 07-8. Beast-shape ; no detail ; unpainted. Tenon at
top, broken. H. 4¾", width 1¼", thickness ¾".
L.C. ii. 01. Fr. of figured silk. Rich dark yellow-brown
ground.
Pattern : in very dark bronze green ; to R. T'ao-t'ieh
monster, very stylized, with bandy legs and straight
radiating spines issuing from shoulders. Open grinning
jaws with triangular, pointed teeth ; large round eyes,
circular ears, and a row of triangles for hair or mane.
Style recalls Polynesian work.