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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

i. 1. 03, with band of white discs round upper end of
pedestal, series of downward-pointing petals below, and
series of upward-pointing petals round outside of bowl.
Inside of cup painted black, with red round rim. Good
shape and good condition. H. 6½″, diam. of mouth 4½″,
of upper end of shaft 1⅛″, of foot 4⅛″. Pl. XC.

Ast. i. 1. 06. Pottery jar; same ware and decoration in
black with white spots as Ast. i. 1. 03; and similar in
form, but shorter and more squat. Band of spots round
middle left out, the ends of upward and downward petals
alternating with each other in its place. Remains of fine
dark-brown decayed matter inside. H. 4½″, diam. of
mouth 3″, of shoulder 5″, of bottom 3″. Pl. XC.

Ast. i. 1. 07. Small pottery dish or bowl; circular,
with flat bottom, and expanding sides curving in again to
inward-bevelled rim. Remains of white spot and red
decoration on black, as on Ast. i. 1. 03, &c., but almost
effaced. Decayed flaky buff-coloured matter inside. H.
1⅛″, diam. of mouth 3⅛″, of bottom 1⅞″.

Ast. i. 1. 08. Number of small silk frs., buff, blue and
bright red. Plain weave. Well preserved.

Ast. i. 1. 09. Fr. of silk, striped narrow blue and yellow;
both stripes shaded. Twill. 6½″×4″.

Ast. i. 1. 010. Fr. of silk damask. Pattern quatrefoil
in lozenge-shaped rosettes, adjoining horizontally; arranged
in lines, alternate lines shifted half the unit of pattern,
forming a zigzag space of ground between. Buff, part
dyed blue. Cf. pattern of Ast. i. 1. 011, Pl. LXXVIII,
LXXIII. Good condition. 21″×2½″. Pl. LXXXIV.

Ast. i. 1. 011. Fr. of figured silk. Blue ground with
rosettes in shades of buff blue and green, alternately
quatrefoil and hexafoil arranged en échelon, each type
of rosette forming a row of its own kind. The foils are
formed of delicately woven palmettes attached by stems
to a centre boss. Fine twill weave. For type, cf. Ser. iv.
Pl. CXI, CXVI. A, Ch. 00181. Fragile and ragged. Colour
bright. 6½″×3½″. Pl. LXXVIII, LXXXIII.

Ast. i. 1. 012. Wooden duck, carved in the round and
to some extent conventionalized. Graceful boat-shaped
body ending in long finely pointed tail; under-side curved
and keeled; top flat from side to side, but lightly concave
from breast to tail, and with head and neck standing up
from it in relief. Neck is thrown back flat from breast,
and head held erect with long well-curved back retracing
line of neck.
Curved under-side painted dark red, feet not marked;
upper side painted with black and red lines on white
ground to indicate feathers. A short curved series,
emphasized by incised lines, on either side of head and
neck to represent wings, and straight painted series behind
to represent tail; but whole much worn.
Neck painted black or dark brown; upper part of head
light blue, with eye (in relief) white outlined black. Bill
light red, carefully carved, with nostrils at upper end,

converging grooves below, ridge along middle of top, and
groove marking division of bill along sides.
Whole very carefully made and in good condition. Use
uncertain; perhaps symbol of happiness. For others, see
Ast. i. 2. 06, 3. 021. Length 5½″, height 1⅞″. Pl. CIV.

Ast. i. 2. 03. Frs. of blue silk of fine texture, painted
with brown, white and black; from serpentine lower
bodies of Fu-hsi and Nü-wa. Too fragile to open out.
Mass measures 12″×8″.

Ast. i. 2. 04. Pottery bowl, roughly made; painted
black, with band of pearls below rim and a red line. Rising
from base, four petal-shape divisions outlined red, within
which a row of pearls and red central rib. Remains of food
adhering at bottom. Diam. 6″×3⅛″. Pl. XC.

Ast. i. 2. 05. Wooden food bowl, turned thin and of full
depth inside. Split down one side and joined with four
string stitches. Narrow ring foot. Diam. 5⅛″, height 3⅛″,
thickness of wall ⅛″ to ¼″. Pl. XCI.

Ast. i. 2. 06. Wooden duck, with boat-shaped body
slightly hollow on upper surface, into which neck and head
are thrown back, head pointing forward with beak slightly
open. Head realistic and well, though rapidly carved.
Portion of bark remaining under body. Good condition.
See also Ast. i. 1. 012, 3. 021. L. 3½″, width 2⅛″, height
2⅛″. Pl. CIV.

Ast. i. 3. 06. Three Chinese coin-shaped silver discs
without inscr., but drilled with two holes in opposite edges
for threading as ornaments.

Ast. i. 3. 07. Seven glass beads; flat spheroids, blue
and green. c. ⅛″ diam.

Ast. i. 3. 012. Thin silver (?) plates, two crescent and
five pear-shaped; drilled for threading. Parts of ornament.
Corroded and brittle. Crescents c. 1⅛″ across. Pears
c. 1⅛″-1″×⅛″. Pl. LXXXIX.

Ast. i. 3. 013. Thin strip of plain gold. 1 1/16″×1/16″.

Ast. i. 3. 014-18. Five pottery food bowls, rough grey
ware, some containing traces of food inside. Outside
painted in tempera; 014, black ground divided into four
by thin red lines, each division petal-shaped; red streak
in centre of each petal rises from bottom edge, surrounded
by carelessly painted red line, and a row of seven white
spots (pearls). Upper flat edge, red; inside plain. The
others are variations of same pattern. Av. diam. 3⅛″,
height 1⅛″. Pl. XC.

Ast. i. 3. 019-20. Two pottery food bowls; same shape,
ware, and decoration as Ast. i. 2. 04, but without band of
pearls below rim. Insides painted light grey with red band
round rim. 020 broken (now put together). H. 3⅛″ and
3⅛″, diam. at rim 6⅛″ and 6″.

Ast. i. 3. 021. Wooden duck, as Ast. i. 1. 012, Pl. CIV.
Style, attitude, &c., exactly the same (for slightly different,
cf. Ast. i. 2. 06, Pl. CIV), and careful workmanship; but
half of bill lost and tail chipped. Feathers indicated solely