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by black lines on red ; head and eye black with light poll
and cheeks ; bill red. Length 5⅞″, gr. width 2⅞″, H. to
crown of head 2¼″.

Ast. i. 3. a. 01. Fr. of figured silk. Fr. from face-cover.
Large pattern of 'Sasanian' type. Upper L. corner of
medallion surrounded by buff pearls on dark-blue ground ;
part of square at north point visible ; five pearls in
quadrant.

Within on buff ground a stag's head facing to centre
with long branching yellow antlers tipped with green and
yellow ear. A finely drawn 'chestnut' tree in centre,
with green and yellow leaves and buff flower cones. Out-
lines dark blue. Spandrel, green rosette on buff ground
surrounded by twenty yellow pearls on dark-blue band.
Outside these linked elaborate palmettes in buff, yellow,
green and dark blue with buds between, on yellow ground ;
the blue and green outlined buff, the buff and yellow out-
lined with dark blue.

Twill weave. Very fine work. Cf. spandrel in v. Falke,
Seidenweberei, i. Fig. 110. For tree, cf. Bodhi tree in
Th. Buddhas, Pl. X, Ch. liii. 001 ; for head of stag, ibid.,
Pl. XLVI, Ch. 00373. Inner diam. of circle prob. 8″.
5¼″×5⅜″. Pl. LXXIX.

Ast. i. 3. a. 02. Frs. of plain blue silk frill, from Ast.
1. 3. a. 01. Plain weave. Very fragile.

Ast. i. 3. a. 03. Frs. of silk from Ast. i. 3. a. 01, Pl. LXXIX.
Plain weave. Snuff colour. Very fragile.

Ast. i. 3. a. 04. Silver (?) spectacles from face, with
portions of snuff-colour silk face-covering. For descrip-
tion, cf. Ast. ix. 2 b. 09. Edges not drilled. Very fragile.
For other examples, see Ast. i. 3. b. 03, 5. 04, 5. a. 02,
Pl. LXXXIX. 6⅛″×1¼″.

Ast. i. 3. b. 01. Figured silk face-cloth, of two pieces
joined. Pattern of 'Sasanian' type ; stylized grape-
vine springing from label of five roundels. The vine is
bisymmetrically scrolled and has usual border of pearls
with oblong at each cardinal point. Stems dark yellow,
leaves green, veined with yellow. Ground colour perished,
leaving brown warp. Ground of border originally dark
blue.

Twill weave. In the dust accompanying cloth are frs.
of gold leaf and copper. Perished. Cf. Ast. i. 1. 01.
8″×5′.

Ast. i. 3. b. 02. Silk damask, small oblong case of,
rounded at one end, containing lead. Perished. 1⅛″×1″.

Ast. i. 3. b. 03. Pair of silver spectacles, from face of
corpse, with debris of yellow silk adhering to them. Made
in one piece, of thin silver plate, and consisting of two fine
pear-shaped shields to cover the eyes, joined by straight
band (bridge) ; the whole bent in convex curve from tip
to tip.

Shields have flat rim of about ¼″ width, and rims and
bridge are pierced at intervals of ¼″ to 1″ with small holes
1⁄16″ in diam., for sewing on of silk binding (as seen in i. 3.
a. 04, 5. 04, &c.). Inner portion of shields is raised and

pierced with similar closely set small holes like head of
pepper-pot.

Good condition ; silver corroded on surface in parts,
but hard. For others, see Ast. i. 3. a. 04, 5. 04 (small
size), 5. a. 02, 6. 07 ; ix. 2. b. 09. Length tip to tip (as
curved) 5⅞″, gr. width of shields 1 1⁄16″. Pl. LXXXIX.

Ast. i. 4. 01. Turned wood crater-shaped jar, solid
nearly to mouth where depression is left for contents (now
missing). Painted with distemper, black, with circles of
dots round shoulder and decoration similar to Ast. i. 1. 03,
q. v. Much defaced. Diam. 5½″, height 4½″.

Ast. i. 4. 02, 08. Two turned wooden globular jars.
Solid, with shallow depression within wide mouth. Traces
of painted decoration as Ast. i. 1. 03. c. 5¼″ (H.)×5¼″.

Ast. i. 4. 03–7, 013. Six turned wooden bowls, solid
with shallow depression at mouth decorated as Ast. i. 2.
04, Pl. XC, but without the band of pearls below rim.
03, 06, 07 broken at lip. 03, diam. 5⅜″×3⅛″ ; 04, 3⅛″×2¼″ ;
05, 4⅛″×2¼″ ; 06, 4″×2⅜″ ; 07, 4⅛″×3¼″ ; 013, 5¼″×3¼″.

Ast. i. 4. 09, 011. Two pottery jars, stamnos-shaped,
without handles, roughly made, painted in distemper as
Ast. i. 1. 03. 09, 4⅛″×4¼″ ; 011, 3⅜″×3⅛″. Pl. CIII.

Ast. i. 4. 010. Pottery food bowl, roughly made, grey
body, painted in distemper outside as Ast. i. 2. 04, Pl. XC.
Inside rim roughly painted red. Diam. 6″, H. 3¼″.

Ast. i. 4. 012. Pottery fr., in form of short leg and hoof,
with rough incised lines indicating toe divisions, and two
transverse incisions, the lower perhaps indicating line of
nails or joints, the upper round roots of toes. Above this
a band of six circles with centre dots made with centre-bit.
A pointed projection in front surrounded by similar
circles. Broken above ankle. Painted black after burning.
H. 3¼″, length of sole 2⅞″, width of sole 1⅜″. Pl. XC.

Ast. i. 5. 03. Figured silk face-cloth, 'Sasanian' type,
from face of body a. Whole centre occupied by a finely
designed boar's head, mouth open and tongue slightly
protruding. Both tusks shown, and lower teeth drawn
to distinguish between molars, canine, and incisors.

Eye large and encircled by double yellow line, the outer
throwing off two parallel descending lines to snout, and
suggesting whiskers. Below eye a circular spot of two
shades of dark green, the lighter in centre. Lower lip
has the same two greens, suggesting light and shade.
Face generally dark blue, with rectilinear patches of yellow,
extending inwards from outline, on chap, snout, above
ears, and under lower jaw.

A ruff of straight-lined hatching encircles neck. All
very stylized and angular, and a most powerful piece of
design. The usual pearl border, with five discs or pearls
in each quadrant, has pearl rosettes at cardinal points
instead of the usual rectangular blocks.

It is probable that the colouring has changed, being
now confined to buff, yellow, blue, and green. Twill
weave. Finely preserved ; cf. Ast. i. 6. 01. For a closely